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Helping students learn how to perform rhetorical criticism, this book stresses criticism as an art and as a means to engage in critical thinking. The chapters and sample essays are written by noted experts and geared towards student accessibility. The third edition includes new chapters on visual rhetoric and digital rhetoric.
List of contents
Thoughts on updates for the 3E:
- Add chapter on visual criticism
- Update feminist critique ch
- Query reviewers on keeping fantasy theme analysis and bringing back framing chapter (beyond the news)
- Add Advocacy criticism?
- Add intersectionality?
- Concept criticism?
- Are there chapters that will be cut from this edition? What is the right length for this book to make comprehensive and up to date but keep teachable/affordable?
TOC 2E:
Elements of Rhetorical Criticism: The Big PictureJim A. Kuypers
Part I. OVERVIEW OF RHETORICAL CRITICISM
What is Rhetoric?Jim A. Kuypers and Andrew King
Rhetorical Criticism as ArtJim A. Kuypers
Understanding Rhetorical SituationsMarilyn Young and Kathleen Farrell
Generic Elements in RhetoricBill Benoit
On Objectivity and Politics in CriticismEdwin Black
Part II. PERSPECTIVES ON CRITICISM
The Traditional PerspectiveForbes I. Hill
Close Textual Analysis: Approaches and ApplicationsStephen H. Browne
Criticism of MetaphorDavid Henry and Thomas R. Burkholder
The Narrative PerspectiveRobert Rowland
Dramatism and Kenneth Burke's Pentadic CriticismRyan McGeough and Andrew King
The Fantasy Theme PerspectiveThomas St. Antoine, Matthew Althouse, and Moya Ball
Feminist CriticismDonna Nudd and Kristina L. Whalen
Ideographical CriticismRonald Lee and Adam Blood
Part III. EXPANDING OUR CRITICAL HORIZONS
Eclectic Criticism: Combining Perspectives for InsightsJim A. Kuypers
Critical Rhetoric: An Orientation Toward CriticismRaymie McKerrow
Criticism of Popular Culture and Social MediaKristen Hoerl
Appendix A: Writing Criticism: Getting Started
Appendix B: Additional Rhetorical Perspectives
Appendix C: Glossary of Terms
About the author
Edited by Jim A. Kuypers