Xin Liu Gale – Historical Studies and Postmodernism: Rereading Aspasia
Xin Liu Gale – “Historical Studies and Postmodernism: Rereading Aspasia of Miletus” Because of developments in feminist reconstructive historiography, Gale wants to consider questions related to truth and method, the role of interpretation, the definition of history and historiography, and the influences of postmodern theory on historical research in this article (361). Gale prefaces her critique a lot, noting that she wants to help develop... Read More
Glenn – Introduction to Rhetoric Retold
Cheryl Glenn – Rhetoric Retold: Regendering The Tradition From Antiquity Through the Renaissance Introduction: Mapping the Silences, or Remapping Rhetorical Territory Glen begins by highlighting that women have long occupied the idios or private domain of the oikos, sustaining friendships, families, and their men from within those confines. As such, the female body has long been enclosed, excluded from patriarchal spaces where rhetorical practices... Read More
Jarratt & Ong – Aspasia: Rhetoric, Gender, and Colonial Ideology
Jarratt & Ong – “Aspasia: Rhetoric, Gender, and Colonial Ideology” In this piece the authors hope to address the first two of Gorgias’ questions from On the Nonexistent with respect to Aspasia: Did Aspasia exist? Can she be known? They’ll do this by considering classical sources and contemporary commentary. Afterwards they will ask the 3rd question from Gorgias’ ontological argument: Is knowledge of Aspasia communicable? ... Read More
CCR691 – VTB’s Spiritual Literacy – Ch. 1 for Comment
Tolar-Burton, Vicki. Spiritual Literacy in John Wesley’s Methodism: Reading, Writing, and Speaking to Believe. Waco: Baylor UP, 2008. Print. Chapter One: John Wesley and the Rhetorical and Literacy Practices of Early Methodism Summary: There’s a lot going on in this section as it introduces the reader to Wesley’s program and also serves as the blueprint for the remainder of the book. Early in the introduction, VTB lays out a couple... Read More
