20th Century Western Rhetoric Theory Research

Author: Wen Kexue
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: This book is the result of the 2003 National Social Science Fund Project "Research on the Schools of Contemporary Western Rhetoric and the Development of Chinese Rhetoric." The author has studied in the United States for many years and has a comprehensive and systematic understanding of Western rhetoric. The book's review of 20th-century traditional rhetoric in Europe and America, as well as its evaluation of the major influential Western rhetoric of the contemporary era, is both precise and detailed, making it an excellent work on rhetoric. The book's distinctive feature is its effort to overcome the shortcomings of past importation efforts, systematically organizing, introducing, and evaluating the important theories of Western rhetoric in the 20th century. The author not only summarizes the development trajectory and overall characteristics of contemporary Western rhetoric but also evaluates the new insights of Western scholars on rhetoric, including major issues such as disciplinary understanding, research orientation, and theoretical construction. Among these, the fundamental theoretical topics of the scope, purpose, nature, and objective basis of rhetoric are all filled with novelty. The author brings numerous new pieces of information to the readers, many of which are first disclosed in China, leaving readers with a fresh and enlightening experience.