Hello all,
Listserv software doesn't do knowledge-sharing very well. How about
creating a wiki page (like the one Susan used for the teaching- writing
letter) so Tania, Graham, and any of us can share and add to this
fascinating conversation about attitudes to rhetoric?
Cheers,
Amanda
On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 6:22 PM, Graham Smart <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> Tania and all,
>
> I'm having no success at all posting a message containing David Beard's
> table, "Definitions of Rhetoric," to the listserv. The message keeps
> bouncing back because it's over the word limit. However, I would be happy
> to send the table to anyone who e-mails me individually off-list.
>
> Graham
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Graham Smart
> To: CASLL/Inkshed
> Cc: [log in to unmask] ; [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 8:56 PM
> Subject: Re: The word "Rhetoric" on the internet
>
>
> Tania and all,
>
> Thanks, Tania, that's a great resource for conversations on "rhetoric."
> In particular, I really liked the piece by Jennifer MacLennan, "The Scope
> and Nature of Rhetoric."
>
> I can add two items to complement those on your web page:
>
> One is remarkable cataloguing of meanings associated with the term
> "rhetoric": a table labeled "Definitions of Rhetoric," put together by
> David Beard (Rhetoric, Scientific and Technical Communication - Department
> of Composition - University of Minnesota-Duluth). I'll have to send David's
> table in a second e-mail, since copying it into this message makes the
> message too long to make it through to the CASLL listserv (I've tried).
>
> By way of according due credit, when I asked David, in an e-mail, about
> sharing the piece with colleagues and about proper credit, he replied: "I
> compiled them from the lists provided by Ed Schiappa, David Gore, and Cesar
> Ornatowski, I think. So you should probably cite them, I guess, at best
> compiled by me, with a James Berlin definition and a Krista Ratcliffe
> definition as my humble contribution. -- David."
>
> The second item is another remarkable text produced by James Kinney of the
> University of Arizona, "Book of Quotations on Rhetoric," and available on
> his website. Here's a link to the text:
> www.u.arizona.edu/~tkinney/pdf/handouts/definitions.pdf<http://www.u.arizona.edu/%7Etkinney/pdf/handouts/definitions.pdf>
>
> Hope this is helpful,
> Graham
>
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> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Tania Smith" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 11:31 PM
> > Subject: The word "Rhetoric" on the internet
> >
> >
> >> Greetings CSSR and CASLL list members.
> >>
> >> On my professional web page I have posted a number of internet search
> >> results that may be of interest to colleagues who share an interest in
> >> how
> >> the word "rhetoric" is being used online and where the field is being
> >> taught in academic programs:
> >>
> >> http://www.ucalgary.ca/~smit/RhetLinks/index.htm<http://www.ucalgary.ca/%7Esmit/RhetLinks/index.htm>
> >>
> >> * (NEW) Result Counts for "Rhetoric and ... " through Google.ca, May
> >> 14, 2008
> >> * Communication programs with strengths in Rhetoric. BA through PhD.
> >> , October 2007
> >> * Rhetoric Programs: Interdisciplinary. October 2007
>
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