Discourse on the Arts and Sciences

scientific theories without question. Peaking in the 1500s, there was an apparent reformation in many different areas culturally, politically and socially, but especially in people’s perceptions of themselves. These new ideas about government, science, and the arts paved the way for the modern world. During the Renaissance the government faced much criticism and was often questioned by philosophers and writers as it evolved over the centuries to what it is today varying by country. Sir Thomas More's

in the Digital Age: Memetics and Truth Shelby Stepp University of Maryland CLASSICAL RHETORIC In an ideal society, the art of rhetoric - the utilization of effective argumentation and persuasion through communication - is an important tool that makes use of language in order to participate in valuable discourse. The study of rhetoric elevates the influence you have on others, shields you from intellectual despotism and vastly enhances the power we possess as a democratic

participation and addition of knowledge in discourse communities. A discourse community is a group of people that develop and share a sense of identity primarily through the sharing and exchanging of information on a specific subject or field. The two main form of communication in discourse communities are through reading and writing. Through reading one becomes familiar and starts to understand a community, and writing is when one participates in it. Each discourse community develops its own unique technical

How is it manifested as art, cinema, theater, or literature? Why is narrative divided into different genres, such as poetry, short stories, and novels? Literary theory[edit] In literary theoretic approach, narrative is being narrowly defined as fiction-writing mode in which

emphasis on government legitimacy, justice, laws, and rights guided the works of the 17th and 18th century philosophical writings of Thomas Hobbes and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Through Thomas Hobbes world-renowned publication Leviathan and Rousseau’s discourses on basic political principals and concepts, each man validated their thoughts on human nature and what is required for a successful society within their respective government confines. The distinct differences between Hobbes and Rousseau’s opinions

speech or advertisement. Another definition of rhetoric is defined in, The Essential Guide to Rhetoric and is described as, “an art or study of using language effectively and persuasively by verbal communication” (Keith 3). Rhetoric is also associated with a term called a discourse, a written or verbal means of communication. Rhetoric is used to clarify why or how discourses can be persuasive. For example, rhetoric is used to explain why some movies, advertisements or speeches influence and are

Research Methodology Report My themed research project will centre its focus upon the link between Riot Grrrl and its relation to Third-Wave Feminism. Primarily I aim to analyse Riot Grrrl’s music scene, but also its subculture mentioning its DIY punk ethic, political activism and most importantly its influential Zine network. However the purpose of this report is to demonstrate a grounded understanding in three research methodologies and how I will apply each one in regards to my own project

Elaborating a little further in the visual discourse of memes the analysis will expand on the traditional rhetorical theory which artifacts individually to construct the meaning. Traditionally, rhetoric is “considered to be public, contextual, and contingent” (Kenney, 2002, p. 54), and these three

ABSTRACT Rhetoric is viewed as a substitute for superficial, fraudulent means of communication, and thus undesirable. Considered as the ‘art of persuasion’, it is obvious that we are all obliged to take part with it at some point since we are constantly subjected to the rhetoric of people we encounter. Ancient scholars like Plato, Aristotle, Confucius and the rhetoricians explored the purpose of rhetoric and shows that it is the foundation stone of civilization, and a fundamental part of democracy

semiotics as ‘’[the] science of communication studied through interpretation of signs and symbols as they operate in various fields, especially language.” Semiology is characterized as ‘’the science of signs which studies the life of signs within society.’’ Signs include, among others, sounds, images, words, odors, objects; they are concepts that stand for something else in a system of signification. They allow us to communicate a concept or an idea while it is physically absent. In art history, the simplest