For my trackback composition, I'd like to continue discussing cultural rhetorics by tracking back the evolution of comparative rhetoric. This topic may be too large to completely cover in the trackback composition, but I'd like to use this opportunity to learn more about the study of other rhetorical traditions. I've begun compiling a list of potential rhetors who have contributed to the study of comparative rhetoric or it's beginnings as contrastive rhetoric, but some of them do not specifically elaborate on the concept explicitly. With this in mind, I plan to discuss how the work of each rhetor has contributed to the evolution of comparative rhetoric from contrastive rhetoric. Below is a list of rhetors that I'm considering including in my trackback composition. This is just a start, so I'd welcome any other suggestions.
LuMing Mao
George Kennedy
Ulla Connor
Mary Garret
Vernon Jenson
I hope that focusing on the evolution of comparative rhetoric from contrastive rhetoric is an appropriate scope for this assignment. I want to look at cultural rhetorics, but I don't want to attempt to cover too much with the assignment. As with suggestions for possible rhetors, I'd also welcome any suggestions for modifying the scope of my trackback composition.
Nice to see you're taking the chance to continue your thinking on cultural rhetorics. Yes, very challenging, as we can see just from chapter 7 in Borchers, but perhaps there are useful ways to track back in terms of solving a specific problem. Perhaps even looking at comparative rhetoric is in itself a difficult challenge. I wonder if there is a particular problem that comparative rhetoric attempts to solve and if you can trace approaches to solving that problem through specific rhetors like Mao, Kennedy, etc. would be helpful. Also, it would be helpful if you could trace back over a long period of time, too.
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