Argument Revisited; Argument Redefined

Download or read book Argument Revisited; Argument Redefined written by Barbara Emmel and published by SAGE Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 1996-06-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume leading composition scholars consider the ways in which argumentation as an approach to teaching writing remains valuable - in spite of the challenge presented by postmodern theories. The book first explains the traditional approaches to argument - the enthymeme, evidence, Toulmian, Rogerian and classical rhetoric - and illustrates why they are of particular relevance today. The contributors then `redefine' argument by connecting it with theoretical movements that have been adverse to it - feminism, narratology and reflexive reading. As a result, the book unites apparently conflicting approaches into a new definition of argument that emphasizes inquiry over discord and understanding over entrenched difference