A Comprehensive History of Chinese Rhetoric: The Contemporary Volume

Author: Wu Liqian
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Publish Date: 1998-09-01
Features: This book is divided into two parts. The first part is further divided into two sections: the period of the establishment and development of modern Chinese rhetoric (1949-1965) and the period of "silence" in mainland rhetoric and "gradual rise" in Taiwan rhetoric (1966-1976). It includes four chapters: the popularization of modern Chinese rhetoric, the in-depth study of modern Chinese rhetoric, the seminal works on the establishment and development of modern Chinese rhetoric, and the coexistence of Chinese rhetoric during the "silence" and "gradual rise" periods. The second part covers the flourishing period of Chinese rhetoric (1977-1995), including discussions on the theory, methods, and future prospects of rhetoric, the publication of popular rhetoric books and rhetoric textbooks, efforts to construct new systems and theories of rhetoric, new advancements in the study of rhetorical figures, progress in the study of rhetoric in words, sentences, paragraphs, and texts, new achievements in the study of stylistic features, the expansion of new fields in rhetoric, the study of rhetoric in writers and works, other aspects of rhetoric research, and the landscape of rhetoric research in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.