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31 Cards in this Set
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Movements of the 18th century |
-Neo classical= don't alter teachings, English translations -Elocutionary -Belletristic -Psychological/philosophical |
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The Great Triumvirate |
-Hugh Blair -George Campbell -Richard Whatley |
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Elocutionists 3 needs |
-delivery was inadequately developed -increased opportunity to speak=more opportunity for delivery -poor models for public speakers |
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4 canons of rhetoric |
-invention -disposition -style -delivery=neglected canon |
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What is Hugh Blair's taste influenced by? |
Reason and Exercise |
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Hugh Blair's standards for judging taste |
-simple and natural -well-connected story -passion |
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Hugh Blair belief about rhetoric |
rhetoric/related arts should be joined under "rhetoric and belle luttres" |
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Blair: What is taste? |
-Base of his theory -power of receiving pleasure through nature/art -good/bad -faculty common |
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Hugh Blair taught his students... |
to be judges of the threads that connected the arts |
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Blair: what is belle luttres? |
-classical principles: cicero/Quintilian's 5 canons, cicero's end of discourse, Longinus' combination of rhetoric/poetics |
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Blair: Positive attributes of belle luttres |
-broadened rhetoric -heavy reliance on sublimity -central issues |
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Blair: central issues of belle luttres |
-taste -criticism -genius -style -literary themes |
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Blair: threads that connected the arts |
-taste -style -criticism -sublimity |
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George Campbell's common sense |
-Universal understanding/values -central=rhetoric is a process -integrated classical concepts with modern thinking |
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George Campbell: 3 criteria for doctrine of usage |
-reputable (free from vulgar) -national standards -present use |
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George Campbell's writings |
"philosophy on rhetoric" = oral communication |
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George Campbell's 4 step process to persuasion |
-understanding -imagination -passions -the will |
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George Campbell: persuasion is... |
Hierarchical |
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Richard Whately's writings |
-elements of rhetoric** -elements of logic |
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Richard Whatley's Burden of Proof |
-lies with those who seek to overcome presumption (those who want to change) -gives requirements for change |
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Richard Whatley: Rhetoric= |
the art of reasoned discourse |
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Richard Whatley: Theory of presumption and burden of proof help... |
the Christian arguer |
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Richard Whatley: Elements of Rhetoric |
-ecclesiastical rhetoric (defender of religion and priori truth) -allows Christian advocate to disprove skeptic with finality |
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Richard Whatley: rhetoric= |
argument |
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Richard Whatley's impact |
-used in courts of law -promotes existing beliefs -promotes presumption for Christian arguer |
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John Ward= |
Neo classical |
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John Ward writings |
Wrote "System of Oratory"= the most extensive restatement |
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Thomas Sheridan believed... |
Poor preaching= bad health for religion |
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Thomas Sheridan believed rhetoric= |
pronunciation and gesture |
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Gilbert Austin believed in... |
The science of gesturing |
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Gilbert Austin wrote... |
"Chironomia"= method of marketing |