Wednesday, August 24, 2011
General Introduction Responce
While reading the introduction, I really enjoyed reading the history of rhetoric. One thing I found interesting was under audience analysis when Aristotle said that people are out to seek their own self interest. Throughout the Medieval rhetoric section, I thought that that proved true with the Christian Church and their disregard for Pagan rhetoric. Also, I found Bacon's argument that human knowledge is only a version of the objective truth because it is blurred with bias proves true with today's media and literature. It seems today that we have to take what we read with a grain of salt because the media has cemented the reputation as being a slanted and untrustworthy source of information.
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Hi Lacy,
ReplyDeleteWelcome to our English 3341 blog!! I really like your comment on Aristotle and his view on audience analysis, something that is still true today for effective rhetoricians to consider. Very interesting too to see how this concept of 'audience' has evolved through time as more types of discourse coming different writer-scholars have been included. Because you mentioned Bacon's argument on human knowledge and, to an extent, the notion of 'limited truth', I think your inquiry on audience is really spot on here. Keep an open mind as we plow through the readings and see if this is one aspect of research you want to pursue. otherwise, who knows where this journey will bring you.
Good luck and keep blogging!! I may not respond to each of your entries but am reading them and looking at how you expand the Unit questions in our syllabus. ;)
Dr. B =)