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Genre Theory

Cali, D. D. (1996). Generic criticism of American public address. Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt.

Campbell, K. K., & Jamieson, K. H. (1990). Deeds done in words: Presidential rhetoric and the genres of governance. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Simons, H. W., & Aghazarian, A. A. (Eds.). (1986). Form, genre and the study of political discourse. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press.

Symbolic Interactionist Theories

Cragan, J. F., & Shields, D. C. (1995). Symbolic theories in applied communication research: Bormann, Burke, and Fisher. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.

Burkean Theory

Heath, R. L. (1986). Realism and relativism: A perspective on Kenneth Burke. Macon, GA: Mercer University Press.

Simons, H., & Melia, T. (Eds.). (1988). The legacy of Kenneth Burke. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press.

Symbolic Convergence Theory

Bormann, E. G. (1985). The force of fantasy: Restoring the American Dream. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press.

Cragan, J. F., & Shields, D. C. (1981). Applied communication research: A dramatistic approach. Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland Press.

Narrative Theory

Fisher, W. R. (1987). Human communication as narration: Toward a philosophy of reason, value, and action. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press.

Critical Theory

Brummett, B. (2000). Reading rhetorical theory. Fort Worth, TX: Harcourt College.

Certeau, M. de. (1984). The practice of everyday life. (Trans. S. Rendell). Berkeley: University of California Press.

Foucault, M. (1972) Archaeology of knowledge. (Trans. A. M. S. Smith). New York: Routledge.

Habermas, J. (1984). The theory of communicative action: Vol. I, Reason and the rationalization of society. (Trans. T. McCarthy). Boston: Beacon.

McKerrow, R. E. (1999). Critical rhetoric: Theory and praxis. In J. L. Lucaites, C. M. Condit, & S. Caudill (Eds.), Contemporary rhetorical theory (pp. 441-463). New York: Guilford Press.



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