ACADEMIC DISCOURSE AND RHETORIC
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Feminism and Composition StudiesA review of some of the intersections of feminism and composition studies.- Richard Wright and Cultural Lit: Literary Meaning Derived from Collective Cultural ExperienceA paper on how racial, cultural, and common experience in each individual's background informs how literature is read, thus bringing more meaning to literature of cultural niches.
- Tucson and University of Arizona Hold Week of Civility in FebruaryThere will be five days focusing on the value of social civility with academic and community participants.
Understanding the Social ContextFrom historical accounts to new writing practices, the social context is an important aspect ot understand about composition studies.
Composition Studies BibliographyComprehensive bibliography of composition studies linking to summaries of each text.- Discourse, Ideology, and the Authority of AuthorsA synopsis on essays by John Clifford, Michael Foucalt, Gee, and James A. Berlin on culture, discourse, and the ideology in writing.
- Community College Managerial and Faculty Leadership, and Issues of Ethnic and Gender DiversityResearch analysis of community college managerial and faculty leadership as it pertains to ethnic and gender group participation.
- Richard M. Weaver: What Old Issues of National Review Can Tell Us About Rhetoric and Politics TodayAlthough Richard M. Weaver is well known in academic circles as a rhetorician, his cultural criticism, particularly that found in his National Review writings, reveals a great deal about his political philosophy and his rhetoric.
- New Media, New PoliticsA look into Neil Postman and how his views tie into political discourse and new media as well as the changes ahead.
- The Rise and Fall of Bill CampbellThis paper examines the life and political legacy of former Atlanta mayor Bill Campbell.
- African Americans and the Digital DivideThis paper focuses on the technology gap between African-Americans and the general population. This separation, is often dismissed as the digital divide; however digital indifference is a more fitting label.
- The Brilliant Failure of Upton Sinclair and the EPIC MovementSinclair, the author of such liberal works as The Jungle and The Brass Check, entered the realm of practical application in 1934 by running in the California gubernatorial race...entered the race and implement the End Poverty in California platform.
- The Global Left's Endeavor for a Symbolic LeaderA brief look at the rising star of 1990s revolutionary movement, Subcomandate Marcos. This article looks at the numerous work produced on Marcos and the Zapatistas of Chiapas, Mexico and how they promote a new kind of resistance to globalization.
- ON SONGS of the KISAENGThe gender discourse keep on as one of main issues in philosophy and literature. Here, we are going to discuss the phenomena on the literary perspective. It's about female poets of the kisaeng, the momentous phenomenon in Korean history.
- Dissenting Through RhetoricMy final analysis of Joseph Priestley's "Essay on the First Principles of Government"
- Analyzing Plato's Debate on the Purpose of PersuasionEthical rhetoric requires that the speaker or writer to possess the knowledge of the "real nature of everything" he/she is discussing (170).
- The Internationalist Magazine: Voices of Reason in the 21st CenturyA look at the Internationalist Magazine, a nonpartisan website and magazine based out of Seattle, WA.
- Elena Kagan Senate Confirmation Hearings Set for June 28Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy, powerful Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, believes the U.S. government should sanction same-sex marriages. He wants Congress to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act.
- The Rhetorical TurnThe rhetorical turn has shaped rhetorical education through constructivism.
- Why Hasn't Composition Studies Changed Much?The various reasons composition studies has stayed so static.
The Development of Composition StudiesComposition studies has developed in many ways.- Communication Courses for Aspiring Public Speakers at the University of Colorado in BoulderThe communication program at CU covers a broad range of subjects in many different courses.
Global Warming LiesThis is third (and final) essay for my WR 121 class. Again, the Eugene Weekly citations are only included as the local hook, although they fit quite snugly into my argument, if I do say so myself.- Expanding Modern Art VocabularyKey themes of the book are broken down and extended upon by giving a greater importance to artist's dealing with science and technology.
Hannah Arendt: "Education Must Be Conservative."Submit for my Ed. 742 final paper in the Spring of 2006, this paper explores political theorist Hannah Arendt's views on education and offers a critique on some of her points, and also how her words from the mid-twentieth century make a point today.- The Rhetorical Functions of CommonplacesOver time, commonplaces have had different rhetorical functions that reflect certain belief systems and viewpoints.
- Balance of Knowledge: An Introduction to the Rhetorical TriangleThis paper discusses the three kinds of appeals in traditional Aristotelian rhetoric and how they are both best used and perverted.
- Context in WritingA synopsis of essays by Maxine Hairston, James A. Reither, Lester Faigley, Patricia Bizzell, and an introduction by Sondra Perl in the book "Landmark Essays."
- Schmitt's "Political Concept"This article discusses Schimtt's idea from his work "Political Concept."
Plato of Athens: Three Common MisconceptionsThis article points explains three common misconceptions about the great Plato of Athens.
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