Bibliographie sélective annotée des publications en langue anglaise sur la rhétorique, la critique rhétorique et l’argumentation

I. Textes de base 1. Ouvrages de référence Enos, Thersea (ed.). 1996. Encyclopedia of Rhetoric and Composition: Communication for the Information Age (Encyclopédie de rhétorique et de composition: la communication à l’âge de l’information) (London: Taylor & Francis)Ecrit en majeure partie par et pour des rhétoriciens travaillant sur la composition. Jasinski, James. 2001. Sourcebook on Rhetoric : Key Concepts in Contemporary Rhetorical Studies (Guide de rhétorique : concepts-clés pour les é..

Piety, Impiety, and the Advent of Written Prose: Plato’s Phaedrus and Isocrates’ Busiris

https://kent-islandora.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/acir/2012/Papers/3/thumbnail.jpgPre-classical Greek polytheism, in practice and in poetry, promotes the idea that religion itself is inconsistent. Piety to one deity comes into conflict with piety to another, symbolizing a chaotic and challenging human condition. The late fifth and fourth centuries BCE, however, saw the advent of written prose speeches and dialogues and, at the same time, a movement toward a more transcendent and unified view of religion. Are these two trends related? Through an intertextual, close rhetorical study of Plato’s Phaedrus and Isocrates’ Busiris, I argue that they are. The advent of circulated prose documents exposed inconsistencies native to polytheism to scrutiny from rival philosophers in the context of a litigious Athenian culture that had already executed Socrates on charges of impiety. This prompted an allegorical debate between Plato and Isocrates about the value of written communication that had its crux in contention over the definition of piety. Both of these influential writers’ attempts to find an intellectual high ground in the debate contribute to a trend toward a more transcendent and unified religion in ancient Athens. A few centuries later, the Graeco-Roman world would adopt the thorough transcendence and unity of monotheism. While one would not want to draw too strong an analogy with our own context, this study serves as a reminder that new forms of dissemination can expose religious discourse to cultural forces that demand response. The response can change religion significantly, creating new religious paradigms and undermining older traditions.</p

Bibliographie annotée des œuvres publiées de Michael Leff

LivresLeff, Michael &#38; Fred Kauffeld (eds). 1989. Texts in Contexts: Dialogues on Significant Episodes in American Political Rhetoric [Textes en contexte : dialogues sur les épisodes significatifs de la rhétorique politique américaine] (Davis: Hermagoras Press)Ce recueil de dialogues tente de recréer l’esprit et l’orientation des discussions tenues au cours du « Symposium du Wisconsin sur le discours public : études de cas de rhétorique politique ». Horner, Winifred &#38; Michael Leff (eds). 1995...

Piety, Impiety, and the Advent of Written Prose: Plato’s Phaedrus and Isocrates’ Busiris

https://kent-islandora.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/acir/2012/Papers/3/thumbnail.jpgPre-classical Greek polytheism, in practice and in poetry, promotes the idea that religion itself is inconsistent. Piety to one deity comes into conflict with piety to another, symbolizing a chaotic and challenging human condition. The late fifth and fourth centuries BCE, however, saw the advent of written prose speeches and dialogues and, at the same time, a movement toward a more transcendent and unified view of religion. Are these two trends related? Through an intertextual, close rhetorical study of Plato’s Phaedrus and Isocrates’ Busiris, I argue that they are. The advent of circulated prose documents exposed inconsistencies native to polytheism to scrutiny from rival philosophers in the context of a litigious Athenian culture that had already executed Socrates on charges of impiety. This prompted an allegorical debate between Plato and Isocrates about the value of written communication that had its crux in contention over the definition of piety. Both of these influential writers’ attempts to find an intellectual high ground in the debate contribute to a trend toward a more transcendent and unified religion in ancient Athens. A few centuries later, the Graeco-Roman world would adopt the thorough transcendence and unity of monotheism. While one would not want to draw too strong an analogy with our own context, this study serves as a reminder that new forms of dissemination can expose religious discourse to cultural forces that demand response. The response can change religion significantly, creating new religious paradigms and undermining older traditions.</p

Bibliographie sélective annotée des publications en langue anglaise sur la rhétorique, la critique rhétorique et l’argumentation

I. Textes de base 1. Ouvrages de référence Enos, Thersea (ed.). 1996. Encyclopedia of Rhetoric and Composition: Communication for the Information Age (Encyclopédie de rhétorique et de composition: la communication à l’âge de l’information) (London: Taylor &#38; Francis)Ecrit en majeure partie par et pour des rhétoriciens travaillant sur la composition. Jasinski, James. 2001. Sourcebook on Rhetoric : Key Concepts in Contemporary Rhetorical Studies (Guide de rhétorique : concepts-clés pour les étud..

Baby squatting

En publiant ce numéro spécial sur l’analyse rhétorique (et plus particulièrement sur l’analyse du discours politique) aux Etats-Unis, la revue Argumentation et Analyse du Discours désire rendre hommage à un grand rhétoricien américain qui nous a quittés soudainement et prématurément : Michael Leff. Ce numéro est un tribut à sa personnalité chaleureuse, à son inlassable curiosité intellectuelle et à sa pensée féconde qui sort toujours des sentiers battus. A travers ce tribut, nous nous proposons aussi de poursuivre une mission qui est au cœur de notre projet global : servir de passeur entre des traditions différentes qui, pour des raisons culturelles et institutionnelles, et malgré leurs nombreux points de contact, persistent souvent à s’ignorer