Rhetoric

Readings in French Literature
Erscheinungsjahr 1999
ISBN: 978-0-19-815984-1
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 280 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 529 g

Rhetoric is the art of persuasion, whether spoken or written. In the first chapter of Rhetoric: Readings in French Literature, Michael Hawcroft sets out its principles comprehensively and lucidly, providing an easily-consulted outline of key terms and a wide range of illustrative examples. Subsequent chapters explore rhetoric at work in different genres, via close reading of texts which range from the drama of Molière, Racine, and Beckett; Montaigne, Sévigné, and Gide on the self; the prose fiction of Laclos, Zola, and Sarraute; poetry by D'Aubigné, Baudelaire, and Césaire; and the oratory of de Gaulle and Yourcenar. Rhetorical analysis uncovers subtleties and complexities in texts which emerge as exciting dramas of communication. This is at once a handbook of rhetoric and a guide to its application to French texts from the sixteenth century to the present.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hawcroft, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Semantik & Pragmatik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Introduction

- 1: Rhetorical theory: a practical guide

- 2: Oratory

- 3: Drama

- 4: Prose fiction

- 5: Poetry

- 6: The Self

- Conclusion

- Appendix: Outline of Chapter 1

- Select bibliography

- Index of rhetorical terms

- Index of names and works