Mass communication Exploiting kairos in electronic literature| A rhetorical analysis TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY Cheri Crenshaw CrenshawCheriThe purpose of this study is to expand on Wayne Booth's work in regarding methods of directing readers toward understanding in fiction to include the possibilities for...
Now that I have brought you up to date, I want to tell you that there was no dormitory fire, I did not have a concussion or a skull fracture. I was not in the hospital, I am not pregnant, I am not engaged. I do not have syphilis and there is no man in my life. However, I...
The proposed paper takes as its object of investigation the overlooked and often despised category of women's domestic arts as sites of important cultural, social and rhetorical work. Specifically, this paper explores the complex relationship between women and needlework stitched in times and places ...
The Greek term kairos has been used extensively in the history of rhetorical studies to describe speeches or events that occur at the "right time" or "opportune moment"; however, this definition does not do justice to the complexities of the historical concept. The purpose of this project is...
Rhetoric Specializing in the wholly impossible| A rhetorical analysis of phronesis and kairos in the writings of Nannie Helen Burroughs TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY Hugh Burns RobinsonSandra LynnThis study examines the rhetorics employed by civil rights activist and school founder Nannie Helen Burroughs (...
Rhetoric Expanding Kairos| An Analysis of Thomas Paine'sThe Greek term has been used extensively in the history of rhetorical studies to describe speeches or events that occur at the "right time" or "opportune moment"; however, this definition does not do justice to the complexities of the ...
Public health guides and initiatives have the potential to influence Americans to change, but it is vital to simultaneously help Americans understand the guidance and convince them to use it in their daily lives. Through close textual analysis of Michelle Obama's announcement speech for Let's Move...
By rethinking chronotopes as the time-space representations of a writer's rhetorical opportunities, this research project suggests a method for approximating the elements embedded within a text. Detailed textual analysis of the rhetorical chronotopes in Fuller's writings reveals that she used the ...