Quandahl, Ellen–Aristotle’s Rhetoric: Reinterpreting Invention.” »

By Katt on Jul 18, 2007 in First Year Composition (FYC), Recommended Reading, Rhetoric | 0 Comments

Quandahl, Ellen. “Aristotle’s Rheotic: Reinterpreting Invention.” Rhetoric Review. 4.2(Jan., 1986): 128-137. (Available through JSTOR)
In “Aristotle’s Rhetoric: Reinterpreting Invention,” asserts that the use of the topics in the Rhetoric were not intended as methods of invention, but rather as useful theories to aid in interpretation. Reading the Rhetoric with excerpts from Aristotle’s Topics, along with the [...]

Cicero–De Inventione Brief Encounter (Enthymematic Reasoning) »

By Katt on Apr 24, 2007 in Blogroll, Recommended Reading, Rhetoric | 0 Comments

Though Aristotle is the first to elaborate on the concept of enthymematic reasoning, it is in Cicero’s De Inventione that a distinction is laid out between the three-part and the five-part styles of enthymematic reasoning and a justification is provided for the use of the five-part style. For Cicero, the five-part style of the enthymematic [...]