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Rhetoric and Ritual of the Lost Cause
W. Stuart Towns
Rhetoric and ritual commemorating war has been a part of human culture for ages. In Enduring Legacy, W. Stuart Towns explores the crucial role of rhetoric and oratory in creating and propagating a “Lost Cause” public memory of the American South.
Enduring Legacy explores the vital place of ceremonial oratory in the oral tradition in the South. It analyses how rituals such as Confederate Memorial Day, Confederate veteran reunions, and dedication of Confederate monuments have contributed to creating and sustaining a Lost Cause paradigm for Southern identity. Towns studies in detail secessionist and Civil War speeches and how they laid the groundwork for future generations, including Southern responses to the civil rights movement, and beyond. The Lost Cause orators that came after the Civil War, Towns argues, helped to shape a lasting mythology of the brave Confederate martyr, and the Southern positions for why the Confederacy lost and who was to blame. Innumerable words were spent—in commemorative speeches, newspaper editorials, and statehouse oratory—condemning the evils of Reconstruction, redemption, reconciliation, and the new and future South. Towns concludes with an analysis of how Lost Cause myths still influence Southern and national perceptions of the region today, as evidenced in debates over the continued deployment of the Confederate flag and the popularity of Civil War re-enactments.
Jeremy Engels
The Declaration of Independence is usually celebrated as a radical document that inspired revolution in the English colonies, in France, and elsewhere. In Enemyship, however, Jeremy Engels views the Declaration as a rhetorical strategy that outlined wildly effective arguments justifying revolution against a colonial authority--- and then threatened political stability once independence was finally achieved.
Enemyship examines what happened during the latter years of the Revolutionary War and in the immediate post-Revolutionary period, when the rhetorics and energies of revolution began to seem problematic to many wealthy and powerful Americans.
To mitigate this threat, says Engles, the founders of the United States deployed the rhetorics of what he calls "enemyship," calling upon Americans to unite in opposition to their shared national enemies.
A Multilingual Model
Andy Kirkpatrick
The lingua franca role of English, coupled with its status as the official language of ASEAN, has important implications for language policy and language education. These include the relationship between English, the respective national languages of ASEAN and thousands of local languages. How can the demand for English be balanced against the need for people to acquire their national language and mother tongue? While many will also need a regional lingua franca, they are learning English as the first foreign language from primary school in all ASEAN countries. Might not this early introduction of English threaten local languages and children’s ability to learn? Or can English be introduced and taught in such a way that it can complement local languages rather than replace them? The aim of this book is to explore questions such as these and then make recommendations on language policy and language education for regional policymakers. The book will be important for regional policymakers and language education professionals. It should also benefit language teachers, especially, but by no means exclusively, English language teachers. The book will be of interest to all who are interested in the development of English as an international language and the possible implications of this upon local languages and cultures.
Geoffrey Sirc
What happened to the bold, kicky promise of writing instruction in the 1960s? The current conservative trend in composition is analyzed allegorically by Geoffrey Sirc in this book-length homage to Charles Deemer's 1967 article, in which the theories and practices of Happenings artists (multi-disciplinary performance pioneers) were used to invigorate college writing. Sirc takes up Deemer's inquiry, moving through the material and theoretical concerns of such pre- and post-Happenings influences as Duchamp and Pollock, situationists and punks, as well as many of the Happenings artists proper.
With this book, already a cult classic, began a neo-avant-garde for composition studies.
Winner of the Ross W. Winterowd Award for most outstanding book in composition theory.
Modernity and Management
Edited by Lisa Lim, Anne Pakir, Lionel Wee
English in Singapore provides an up-to-date, detailed and comprehensive investigation into the various issues surrounding the sociolinguistics of English in Singapore. Rather than attempting to cover the usual topics in an overview of a variety of English in a particular country, the essays in this volume are important for identifying some of the most significant issues pertaining to the state and status of English in Singapore in modern times, and for doing so in a treatment that involves a critical evaluation of work in the field and new and thought-provoking angles for reviewing such issues in the context of Singapore in the twenty-first century. The contributions address the historical trajectory of English (past, present and possible future), its position in relation to language policy and multiculturalism, the relationship between the standard and colloquial varieties, and how English can and should be taught. This book is thus essential reading for scholars and students concerned with how the dynamics of the English language are played out and managed in a modern society such as Singapore. It will also interest readers who have a more general interest in Asian studies, the sociology of language, and World Englishes.
Sous la direction de Jean Delisle et Hannelore Lee-Jahnke
Cet ouvrage sonde deux grands types de transfert interlinguistique : la traduction professionnelle, enseignée dans les écoles et instituts de formation de traducteurs, et la traduction didactique, pratiquée en enseignement des langues. Les auteurs des textes réunis ici, tous des pédagogues d’expérience, tentent de répondre à quelques-unes des questions fondamentales du domaine : En quoi l’enseignement de la traduction professionnelle se distingue-t-il des exercices de traduction didactique ? Comment enseigner à bien comprendre les textes avant de les traduire ? Comment convient-il d’évaluer les traductions ? La puissance d’Internet peut-elle être mise au service de l’enseignement de la traduction ? Quel métalangage utilise-t-on dans les cours de traduction ? Pourquoi est-il important d’inculquer aux étudiants des habitudes dénominatives ? L’introspection à haute voix (think-aloud protocols) peut-elle contribuer à améliorer la pédagogie de la traduction ? Autant de questions qui trouvent dans ce collectif des éléments de réponse propres à faire progresser la pédagogie de la traduction à stimuler la recherche.
Communication and Rhetoric in the Twentieth Century
Pat J. Gehrke
The Ethics and Politics of Speech interrogates the ethical, political, and philosophical assumptions of American communication studies. It examines essays, conference proceedings, and archival documents across the 20th century to generate a new approach to the ethics and politics of communication.
rhetorical theory and dramatic worth
Robert L. King
Textes réunis par Michel Ballard
La traduction est un phénomène central pour l’Europe telle qu’elle est en train de se construire : elle assure les échanges entre états sans qu’une langue commune donne l’impression d’une hégémonie quelconque ou d’un abandon des identités nationales. Cet attachement à la notion d’identité tout en ménageant les échanges culturels est une constante de l’histoire européenne et ces échanges passées, fondés sur la traduction, font que la construction de l’Europe ne se réduit pas à la création d’une entité économique et politique : elle possède une dimension humaine et culturelle spécifique, qui lui donne son âme. Ce colloque a abordé ces deux aspects du rôle de la traduction en Europe : dans le passé et aujourd’hui comme facteur de découverte mutuelle et ferment culturel ; de manière plus spécifique aujourd’hui comme facteur d’équilibre et instrument de communication au sein des institutions. Le colloque a rassemblé des spécialistes de nombreux pays européens ou observateurs jetant un regard sur l’Europe. Les textes partent de la traduction en Irlande au Moyen Age pour aboutir aux traducteurs allemands de Roumanie au XIXe siècle. La dernière partie du colloque tente de faire le point sur divers aspects de la recherche en matière de traductologie ainsi que la formation des traducteurs.
