The Rhetoric of the "other" Literature

Front Cover
Southern Illinois University Press, 1990 - 159 pages

Using traditional and contemporary rhetorical theory, Winterowd argues that the fiction-nonfiction division of literature is unjustified and destructive.

He would bridge the gap between literary scholars and rhetoricians by including both fiction (imaginative literature) and nonfiction (literature of fact) in the canon. The actual difference in literary texts, he notes, lies not in their factuality but in their potential for eliciting an aesthetic response.

With speech act and rhetorical theory as a basis, Winterowd argues that presentational literature gains its power on the basis of its ethical and pathetic appeal, not because of its assertions or arguments.

From inside the book

Contents

Presentational Literature
1
2
23
Presentational Narrative
51
Copyright

6 other sections not shown

Common terms and phrases

About the author (1990)

W. Ross Winterowd is Bruce R. McElderry Professor of English at the University of Southern California.

Bibliographic information