Revolution in Tropes - Alloiostrophic Rhetoric

This book seeks to bring the problem of difference into the ongoing discussions vis-à-vis democratic deliberations about advancing rhetorical theory through the trope of the other, alloi¿sis, defined as the figure of difference, exception, and radical otherness.

List of contents

Introduction: A Revolution in Tropes, Jane S. Sutton and Mari Lee Mifsud
Chapter 1: Figuring Rhetoric: From Antistrophe to Alloiostrophe, Jane S. Sutton and Mari Lee Mifsud
Chapter 2: The Earth is not at Rest and Neither Should Be Rhetoric, Jane S. Sutton
Chapter 3: Essay as Parataxis: Theorizing Alloiosis, Marie-Odile N. Hobeika
Chapter 4: Beyond Syntax and Cities at War: Doing History and Theory Alloiostrophically, Mari Lee Mifsud
Chapter 5: An Alloiotrophic Addition, Michele Kennerly
Conclusion: A Chora Afterword by way of a Fragment and a Riddle, Jane S. Sutton

About the author

Jane S. Sutton is professor of communication arts and sciences at Penn State York.Mari Lee Mifsud is associate professor of rhetoric and women, gender, and sexuality studies at the University of Richmond.

Summary

This book seeks to bring the problem of difference into the ongoing discussions vis-a-vis democratic deliberations about advancing rhetorical theory through the trope of the other, alloiosis, defined as the figure of difference, exception, and radical otherness.

Product details

• Authors: Mari Lee Mifsud, Mifsud Mari Lee, Jane Sutton, Jane S. Sutton, Jane S. Mifsud Sutton, Sutton Jane S.
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2019
• EAN: 9780739195062
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-9506-2
• No. of pages: 220
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, Literary theory, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc