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1、Connotations of Rhetoric Connotations of Rhetoric 修辞的内涵 What is Rhetoric?The origin of rhetoric 01 Historical interpretings 02 03 Contemporary use Page 4 Rhtorikrhtr:Rhetoric:the art of effective public speaking.as a verb:to speak as a noun:orator Ancient Greece Syracuse Dictators were overthrown.De
2、mocracy was established.ownership of the land in court Ancient Greece Speakers began to practice the art of in courts of law.persuasion What is rhetoric?Connotations of Rhetoric Negative connotations skillful,but often deceptive,eloquence a fraudulent practice to deal exclusively with language,rathe
3、r than with ideas Connotations of Rhetoric“The rhetorician need not know the truth about things;he has only to discover some way of persuading the ignorant that he has more knowledge than those who know.”(Gorgias)苏格拉底之死苏格拉底之死 Page 15 Positive connotations A commendable skill with words.Connotations
4、of Rhetoric“The rhetorician need not know the truth about things;he has only to discover some way of persuading the ignorant that he has more knowledge than those who know.”(Gorgias)“Rhetoric is the art of speaking well.”(Quintilian)Page 17 Positive connotations A commendable skill with words.Rhetor
5、ic is generally understood as a tool or a method.As a tool,rhetoric is inherently neither good or bad.Rhetoric may be defined as the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion.“(Aristotle,Rhetoric)Contemporary connotations Contemporary connotations“Rhetoric”in Different
6、 Contexts 1.The harsh rhetoric had so soured officials that the two sides were barely speaking.2.What is required is immediate action,not empty rhetoric.3.Histories make men wise;poets,witty;the mathematics,subtle;natural philosophy,deep;moral,grave;logic and rhetoric,able to contend.(Francis Bacon)
7、参考译文：1.The harsh rhetoric had so soured officials that the two sides were barely speaking.激烈的言辞言辞让官员们关系如此恶化，双方几乎不怎么说话。2.What is required is immediate action,not empty rhetoric.需要的是立刻采取行动，而不是说些华而不实的空话空话。3.Histories make men wise;poets,witty;the mathematics,subtle;natural philosophy,deep;moral,grave;l
8、ogic and rhetoric,able to contend.读史使人明智，读诗使人聪慧，数学使人周密，自然哲学使人深刻，伦理学使人有修养，逻辑和修辞修辞使人善辩.Structure of the Course A study theoretical rhetoric(brief history of western rhetoric;important rhetoricians and their theories)A skillcommunicative rhetoric(how to choose words and sentences)An artaesthetic rhetoric(figures of speech)Is rhetoric a practice or a body of knowledge?Rhetoric is both a practice and a body of knowledge.Does“rhetoric”have the same connotations with the“修辞”in Chinese?rhetoric修辞 THANKYOU PRODUCTI ON