Rhetoric of English

Author: Hu Shuzhong
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Publish Date: 2002-05-01
Features: "A Series of Graduate Textbooks for English Language and Literature in Higher Education Institutions" is the first series of graduate textbooks in the field of English Language and Literature in China. This series gathers over 100 renowned experts and scholars from various fields of English Language and Literature across the country, aiming to combine the strengths of different institutions, achieve complementary advantages, and form a collective effort to promote the construction of graduate teaching materials, thereby elevating the training of graduate students in English Language and Literature in China to a new level. The series is closely aligned with the practical needs of graduate teaching, emphasizing scientific rigor, systematicity, advancement, and practicality, striving to ensure that each textbook reflects the latest theories, methods, and achievements in the field. The series consists of over 50 textbooks, covering areas such as linguistics, language teaching, literary theory, and selected readings of original works. The content is comprehensive, the scale is extensive, the system is scientific, and the arrangement is standardized, making it a remarkable achievement in the construction of graduate textbooks in the 21st century. "English Rhetoric" is one of the "A Series of Graduate Textbooks for English Language and Literature in Higher Education Institutions." This textbook introduces and explores the latest theories and research findings in foreign English rhetoric, while innovatively integrating the theory and application of English rhetoric with the actual social, cultural, and educational contexts of China. The textbook consists of 11 chapters, introducing and explaining the following topics: the definition of rhetoric, the development of classical rhetoric, the study of traditional rhetoric in the UK and the US, the theoretical construction of contemporary English rhetoric, new rhetoric, rhetorical composition, stylistic rhetoric, the interdisciplinary nature of English rhetoric, and rhetorical criticism.