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| Autor/in | Wang, Haixia |
|---|---|
| Titel | Zhuang Zi's Rhetorical Thoughts. |
| Quelle | (1995), (17 Seiten)
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| Sprache | englisch |
| Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Monographie |
| Schlagwörter | Stellungnahme; Chinese Culture; Comparative Analysis; Discourse Analysis; Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Rhetorical Theory; Taoism; China |
| Abstract | The memory of the student uprising at Tiananmen Square in 1989 invites one professor to examine more closely what she does: rhetoric and composition, especially rhetorical invention. To examine the kind of power exercised by official Chinese public discourse and whether language could help to avoid reoccurrences such as the loss of innocent people's lives, the Taoist thought of Zhuang Zi might help. And such an examination could also benefit comparative/contrastive rhetoric studies. Many recent studies of Zhuang Zi deal with his ideas about language use and rhetoric. Zhuang Zi illustrates repeatedly in his works that things are not as different as they seem no matter how they appear to the eye; in fact, they are one in the Tao. At Tiananmen Square the students' discursive practice bore similarities to the official government one: their language decided for the audience what to think, and these rhetors seemed to be experienced with how to manipulate the audience, just as the government was. The Tao is not the absolute truth but a path to truth. For Zhaung Zi, the word is "spontaneity." This means that a person can stop doing what others think is right and can make decisions guided by the Tao. If rhetoric is to teach, it will have to include the heuristic and catalytic power of language and discourse. Comparing and contrasting rhetorics in China and in the West is challenging and more studies by rhetoricians, philosophers, and linguists are needed. (Contains 39 references.) (NKA) |
| Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
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