Communications Final

Below you will find a list of seven significant works from contemporary rhetorical theory. Select one of these books and prepare a report that [1] presents a summary of the book, [2] discusses why and how the book would be of interest to students of rhetoric, and [3] gives a brief statement of your evaluation of the book.

Wayne Booth, The Rhetoric of Rhetorics (Blackwell, 2004)

Walter Fisher, Human Communication as Narration (University of South Carolina Press, 1989)

Susanne Langer, Philosophy in a New Key (Harvard University Press, 1996)

Marie Hochmuth Nichols, Rhetoric and Criticism (Louisiana State University Press, 1963)

Chaim Perelman, The Realm of Rhetoric (University of Notre Dame Press, 1982)

I.A. Richards, The Philosophy of Rhetoric (Oxford University Press, 1965)

Stephen Toulmin, The Uses of Argument (Cambridge University Press, 2003)

Approximately 8 pages.

Due May 14th via email.