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Contemporary Rhetorical Theory
Web Resources
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- Genre Theory Resources—L. Breure
This lengthy (but uncategorized) reference list gives a wide array of sources on genre theory, both from the rhetorical and from the media standpoint. You can also follow the link D. Chandler’s much more extensive website on genre theory, but dealing with it more as it applies to media (www.aber.ac.uk/media/Documents/intgenre/intgenre.html).
- Genre, Apologia, & Eulogy
This reference list provides sources categorized by general genre theory, as well as specific sections on apologia & eulogy, two specific types of genre. This site relates much more directly to the rhetorical use of genre (rather than the critical/media use of the term). Especially nice are the references to actual examples of genre research (including some with hot links).
- Rage Against the Machine
This contemporary rock and roll band has made a reputation for their politically charged lyrics. While, in contemporary rhetorical study, any message constitutes a form of rhetoric, the lyrics and other texts in this website provide analysis from traditional or modern rhetorical perspectives, as they are (often overtly) persuasive. You might also consider looking to the Website of your favorite rock group, or to sites that feature song lyrics.
- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
Another openly persuasive website, this contains messages urging readers towards more humane treatment of animals (including vegetarianism). Again, dramatism or narrative paradigm would work well to analyze these messages.
- National Rifle Association
This cite takes a more conservative approach, urging people to own guns and for gun owners to fight attempts at government control over personally owned guns. There are some good messages here for possible rhetorical deconstruction.
- Traditional Values Coalition
A politically conservative website that speaks out against homosexuality, abortion, and liberal media bias as threats to site producers view of traditional American values. See also the American Freedom Network (afaorg.net)
- On Kenneth Burke: The Kenneth Burke Society
There are a host of educational websites on this very prominent theorist. This site provides information on publications, sources, listserves focused on application of Burke’s work, reference lists, and chronology of Burke’s life. Some links (e.g., reference lists) seem closed to nonmembers of the society.
- An Example University Burke Site—Purdue
One of many extensive Burke cites. This one is unique in that it lists bibliographies and contains a PDF link to a complete bibliography of Burke’s works (595 entries) as well as search engines to search them. In addition, links provide the titles of all papers presented at the Kenneth Burke division of the National Communication Association over the last several years. Finally, this is the official site where people sign up for the Burke listserve, L-Burke.
- On Fisher’s Narrative Paradigm, Bormann’s Symbolic Convergence Theory
Internet search engines reveal many websites on each of these theories, frequently from communication professors or student groups. We provide one site here that gives links to explanations on Aristotle, Burke, Bormann, and critical rhetorical theories, as well as examples of papers that apply the theory to a text.
- On Foucault
A graphically simple but informationally rich site, The Foucauldian provides links to an introduction to Foucault, a bibliography of his work and works about him, 18 on-line texts by Foucauld (readable in html or PDF), and links to resources.
- Theory.org
This visually interesting site takes you to out-of-the-way corners of Foucault’s life (also other critical theorists), such as tracing his steps through life, seeing the application of Foucault for modern readers (why is his work interesting?) and links to playing cards and Foucault action figures!
- On Habermas
Maintained by Mathieu Delfim, of the Sociology Department at the University of South Carolina. If we could recommend a single site, it would be this one. If you can sort through the extensive links to Habermas information and materials (in Danish, German, French, Spanish, Italian, and, yes, English), you can find excerpts of Habermas speeches and essays on events as recent as the U.S. war on Iraq. Some of the links to educational sites do not work, but Delfim seems to update the page with new sites when they become available.
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