Nov 6: A Rhetoric of Motives (Part II: Traditional Principles of Rhetoric)
Suggested Reading Response Prompt: In the early pages of RM, Burke says that rhetoric muse lead us through “the Scramble, the Wrangle of the Market Place, the flurries and flare-ups of the Human Barnyard, the Give and Take, the wavering line of pressure and counterpressure, the Logomachy, the onus of ownership, the Wars of Nerves, the War” (A Rhetoric of Motives 23). What do you make of this unusual passage? Are there any puns or etymologies that might help you explain what Burke has in mind for rhetoric? Tag: barnyard
Nov 8: A Rhetoric of Motives (Part III)