Five Canons

Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student, Robert Connors & Edward Corbett.  This article provides an excellent overview of the aims of classical rhetoric in contemporary contexts.

Re situating and re-mediating the canons: A cultural-historical mapping of rhetorical activity.  Paul Prior et al.  This article discusses the five canons of classical rhetoric from a  writing pedagogy perspective and offers possible ways to re think and re approach the way we think about and teach classical rhetoric.

Reflective Encounters: Illustrating Comparative Rhetoric, LuMing Mao.  This article defines and discusses comparative rhetoric and also examines some of the issues associated with “universal rhetoric.”

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