The rhetoric and poetics of speech and debate: resituating and re-disciplining literary argument
| Autor: | Jeremy David Johnson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Argumentative
Communication media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences 050801 communication & media studies 06 humanities and the arts Meaning (non-linguistic) 0603 philosophy ethics and religion Argumentation theory Epistemology 0508 media and communications Argument Poetics 060302 philosophy Rhetoric Literary science Rhetorical question Sociology media_common |
| Zdroj: | Argumentation and Advocacy. 53:149-162 |
| ISSN: | 2576-8476 1051-1431 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/00028533.2017.1305020 |
| Popis: | The relationship between rhetorical and literary arts has been tenuous since ancient Greece. In the modern academy, rhetoric and poetics remain siloed, with problematic implications for speech and debate activities. I argue that literature is inherently rhetorical, and that the relegation of literature as separate and lesser is a disservice to forensic education. Offering analysis of literary argument in competitive speech events, this essay provides an alternative in embracing the power of literature to articulate its own arguments without clarification through traditional argumentative structure. By emphasizing literary argument as part of a rhetorical exchange, I contend that meaning is co-produced among competitors and judges, and that the shared experience of literary performance is powerful and valuable on its own. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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