Lauer – Invention in Rhetoric and Composition

Lauer, Janice.  Invention in Rhetoric and Composition.  West Lafayette: Parlor Press, 2004. Print. Chapter 1 – Introduction and Overview:  L. notes in the introduction the focus of the book and then continues to define invention a couple of different ways: as a solution to the “problem of finding subjects to write about and of developing these subjects” as well as something that “provides guidance in how to begin writing, to explore... Read More

Agnew – “The Classical Period”

Lois Agnew – “The Classical Period” from The Present State of Scholarship in the History of Rhetoric: A 21st Century Guide eds. Gaillet and Horner Agnew’s essay highlights the revisionary turn in the histories of rhetoric that have occurred since the previous edition of The Present State of Scholarship (1988) as well as the other major pieces written in the interim between the second edition and the third edition (2010).  In the way of sophistic... Read More

CCR691 – Project Proposal

Justin Lewis Final Project Proposal October 15,  2009 CCR691 Overview Motivation When I applied to Syracuse University a little over a year ago, I had every intention of working with folks who did “digital” rhetoric studies.  Though my understanding of this particular subfield of the discipline was rather malformed and deficient, I did know that Collin Brooke and Adam Banks both dealt with issues of technology in theory and practice.  Since... Read More