Rhiz|Comics: The Structure, Sign, And Play Of Image And Text,
2010
Clemson University
Rhiz|Comics: The Structure, Sign, And Play Of Image And Text, Jason Helms
All Dissertations
This dissertation combines Gregory Ulmer's post-criticism with multimodal composition resulting in a work that critiques the medium of comics in comics format. Six traditional text chapters forge a theoretical and practical foundation; punctuated within and without by occasional visual interludes and three comic sections. I advocate teaching multimodal composition through comics' interplay of image and text.
Screen/Writing: Time & Cinematics In An Age Of Rhetorical Memory,
2010
Clemson University
Screen/Writing: Time & Cinematics In An Age Of Rhetorical Memory, Joshua Hilst
All Dissertations
This essay argues that part of memory is external to ourselves. This memory, which began with writing but has since grown to encompass digital media, the internet, and other forms of new media, faces a two-fold problem in the information age. The first is privatization, which is represented by copyright, and has heretofore received a greater share of scholarly attention. Regulation is represented through the concept of protocols, which are the rules digital media execute in order to perform functions. Protocols are a regulation of external memory, which I argue also represents a threat to deliberation, the form of rhetoric …
Making Rhetorical Scents: An Olfactory Grammar Of Motives Based On Kenneth Burke's Pentad,
2010
Clemson University
Making Rhetorical Scents: An Olfactory Grammar Of Motives Based On Kenneth Burke's Pentad, Janet Miller
All Theses
Scent is inherently persuasive, but the language of scent is largely missing from rhetoric's vocabulary. This is because language cannot express the 'truth' of an odor. Identification of odor as substance is dependent on consubstantiality between the author and reader. We instead describe smells using metaphorical language, or by invoking episodic memories and emotional reactions. In this way, scent is dramatistic. In order to consider the possibility of a grammar of scent beyond metaphor, the author develops an olfactory pentad (Sniff, Context, Emanation, Odor Object, and Response) by applying the framework of Kenneth Burke's dramatistic pentad. In this way, scent …
The Annie Prey Jorgensen Papers: Nineteenth-Century Writing Instruction And Women's Rhetoric On The Plains,
2010
University of Nebraska at Lincoln
The Annie Prey Jorgensen Papers: Nineteenth-Century Writing Instruction And Women's Rhetoric On The Plains, Renee Mcgill
Department of English: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
This dissertation examines the college and professional writing of Annie Prey Jorgensen, who attended the University of Nebraska during the 1890s as both an undergraduate and graduate student. Annie’s collection of papers, housed in Archives and Special Collections at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, offers composition and rhetoric significant insights about women college students’ rhetorical practices at the end of the nineteenth century. Specifically, Annie uses personal experience and narrative techniques to deploy a feminist rhetorical strategy that allows her to inscribe gendered experience into academic writing. Annie’s collection offers a cross-section of writing from three sites of inquiry—the papers …
Extending Transfer In Composition: Exploring A Model For Conceptualizing Rhetorical Problems,
2010
Boise State University
Extending Transfer In Composition: Exploring A Model For Conceptualizing Rhetorical Problems, Janet Roser
Boise State University Theses and Dissertations
This thesis explores the use of a new rhetorical problem-solving model for writing instruction to create opportunities for abstract thinking and extend the transfer of rhetorical knowledge. The author conducts a qualitative research study on the transfer of rhetorical knowledge by interviewing former students and evaluating their writing samples written in their courses beyond composition. By revisiting the early cognitive writing process research of Linda Flower and John R. Hayes, evaluating the differences between novice and expert writers, and creating corollaries with David Perkins and Gavriel Salomon’s theories on transfer, the author identifies markers for transfer within the rhetorical situation …
Working Rhetoric And Composition.,
2010
University of Louisville
Working Rhetoric And Composition., Bruce Horner, Min-Zhan Lu
Faculty Scholarship
Given the multiple meanings of rhetoric and composition, as well as the vexed history of institutional relationships between these two terms, it is important for scholars to trace how they are “worked”—that is, how they materially function—in a variety of specific circumstances.
Acting In An Antifoundational World: Conversation, Poetic Redescription, And Solidarity,
2010
Clemson University
Acting In An Antifoundational World: Conversation, Poetic Redescription, And Solidarity, Hem Paudel
All Theses
This thesis examines a central question that human beings face in an antifoundational world: If discourse communities create not only vocabularies but competing ways of seeing, how might we in general and professional communicators in particular act in a reasonable way? It suggests answers to this question by discussing Rorty's theory of language and truth. Rorty sets aside the foundationalist notion of metaphysical certainty with consensus beliefs achieved through conversation, which determines the utility of those beliefs to the community. Thus, Rorty changes the focus from what is right to what is helpful and changes the focus from what can …
Diabolical Ventriloquism: A Case Study In Rhetorical Transcendence With C. S. Lewis’S Infamous Imp Screwtape,
2010
University of Nevada Las Vegas
Diabolical Ventriloquism: A Case Study In Rhetorical Transcendence With C. S. Lewis’S Infamous Imp Screwtape, Daniel J. Coyle
UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones
Most religious discourse is predicated on the assumption that our choices in life have eternal implications. For those who subscribe to a belief in an afterlife, rhetoric which exploits eternity to form attitudes and induce actions can be especially persuasive. This study performs a detailed analysis of a particularly compelling case of the rhetoric of eternity during the twentieth century: C.S. Lewis‘s fictional demon Screwtape. In The Screwtape Letters and ―Screwtape Proposes a Toast,‖ Lewis offers readers an eternal, though diabolical, perspective of the ―modern‖ intellectual climate during the twentieth century. By puppeteering a demon in prose, Lewis satirically lampoons …
The Impact Of Technologies On Writing Practices And Community Collaboration,
2010
Boise State University
The Impact Of Technologies On Writing Practices And Community Collaboration, Carly Finseth, Huiling Ding
Carly Finseth
No abstract provided.
Narrative Distance In The Works Of George Gordon, Lord Byron, And Jonathan Swift, Or "A Digression In Praise Of Digressions",
2010
Longwood University
Narrative Distance In The Works Of George Gordon, Lord Byron, And Jonathan Swift, Or "A Digression In Praise Of Digressions", Samantha M. Cash, E. Derek Taylor Ph.D.
Theses & Honors Papers
This thesis reviews and discusses narrative distance in the works of George Gordon, Lord Byron, and Jonathan Swift or “A Digression in Praise of Digressions.” Byron takes on multiple roles in his poetry. Swift provided Byron a model for how to negotiate the boundaries of fictional self-fashioning and biographical revelation. Bryon’s technique of presenting a version of himself while simultaneously maintaining narrative distance is a distinct characteristics of Swift’s work. The thesis adapts to an important fact in that Byron, although writing in the age of Romanticism, significantly and unflinchingly sought distance between himself and Romantic figures.
The Rhetorical Significance Of Gojira,
2010
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
The Rhetorical Significance Of Gojira, Shannon Stevens
Graduate Research Symposium (2010 - 2017)
This project tackles the 1954 Japanese film Gojira, known to most Americans as Godzilla. By examining the strong emotions expressed in the film’s narrative, we can begin to understand better the experience of the Japanese survivor of World War II. Specifically, by studying the way the primary emotional responses to a war experience (guilt/anger, pain/suffering, and powerlessness/fear) are represented in the film it is possible to see how Gojira functions rhetorically to provide for the Japanese people a safe venue for post-war expression and healing.
Ghost Hunting: A Rhetorical Analysis Of The American Media On The Waterboard,
2010
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Ghost Hunting: A Rhetorical Analysis Of The American Media On The Waterboard, William Saas
Graduate Research Symposium (2010 - 2017)
This project looks at popular media hands-on investigations of the waterboard (an interrogation method used in the war on terror, viewed historically as "torture") to discover what I argue are the haunting effects of the second Bush administration's rhetorical war.
Understanding The Other Side: An Officer's Roadside Confessions",
2010
Portland State University
Understanding The Other Side: An Officer's Roadside Confessions", Warren Williams
Harlot: A Revealing Look at the Arts of Persuasion
It's easy to assume that the cop giving you a ticket is simply out to get you. Perhaps too easy? An officer's reflections on the dynamics of the traffic stop ask that you try to see it from another perspective.
The Misplaced Rhetoric Of Medicine,
2010
The Ohio State University Student Health Services
The Misplaced Rhetoric Of Medicine, John A. Vaughn, M.D.
Harlot: A Revealing Look at the Arts of Persuasion
For this doctor, practicing rhetoric is a key part of practicing medicine. The communicative bond between doctor and patient, however, is being influenced by other, powerfully persuasive forces.
Bits And Pieces,
2010
Georgia State University
Bits And Pieces, Christina West
Harlot: A Revealing Look at the Arts of Persuasion
"Yeah, but what does it mean?" A sculptor's candid and charming exploration of how she's frequently asked to communicate the complex.
Harlot Works It,
2010
Portland State University
Harlot Works It, Harlot Editors
Harlot: A Revealing Look at the Arts of Persuasion
Welcome to Harlot's fourth issue! With the special theme of "Rhetoric at Work," this collection offers fresh insights into our everyday experiences through a lens of work-related issues.
I'M Not Really A Chaplain; I Just Play One To Pay The Bills,
2010
Ohio Wesleyan University
I'M Not Really A Chaplain; I Just Play One To Pay The Bills, Jodi Kushins
Harlot: A Revealing Look at the Arts of Persuasion
She almost missed her calling. A new chaplain's story of how a major career shift has led to rhetorical insights and spiritual play.
Writing Center And Library Collaboration: A Telephone Survey Of Academic Libraries,
2010
University of South Florida
Writing Center And Library Collaboration: A Telephone Survey Of Academic Libraries, Lily Todorinova
Lily Todorinova
Writing and researching are highly interrelated processes and there is much overlap between the goals and responsibilities of writing center staff and librarians. There is little evidence, however, that partnership between writing centers and libraries has been instituted as standard practice in academic institutions. The purpose of this study, therefore, is to explore the current state of the relationship between the writing center and the library. A telephone survey was administered to librarians in a sample of 268 academic institutions. The results indicated that only 26.7% of libraries actively collaborate which their university’s writing center. A strong majority of the …
Writing Center And Library Collaboration: A Telephone Survey Of Academic Libraries,
2010
University of South Florida
Writing Center And Library Collaboration: A Telephone Survey Of Academic Libraries, Lily Todorinova
Academic Services Faculty and Staff Publications
Writing and researching are highly interrelated processes and there is much overlap between the goals and responsibilities of writing center staff and librarians. There is little evidence, however, that partnership between writing centers and libraries has been instituted as standard practice in academic institutions. The purpose of this study, therefore, is to explore the current state of the relationship between the writing center and the library. A telephone survey was administered to librarians in a sample of 268 academic institutions. The results indicated that only 26.7% of libraries actively collaborate which their university’s writing center. A strong majority of the …
Land Rehabilitation Awareness,
2010
Boise State University
Land Rehabilitation Awareness, Travis Christensen, Cam Dufty
Service-Learning Program
Service Project Purpose: Create a kiosk (sign) to help educate the public on rangeland health and foothills restoration strategies. Learning Goals: To apply course principles to a workplace project, to meet a need in the community, to gain valuable workplace experience, and to better understand how writing skills can be used in the community.
