Theory And Practice: Aristotle's Rhetoric

Aristotle wrote a lot of books during his lifetime and his research covered a widerange, of which Rhetoric is a very important part. His book Rhetoric with its systematicand scientific theories opened the door to the rhetoric. In this book he combined the wit ofancient Greek and his personal life experience. This paper tries to interpret the book fromthe perspective of the generalized rhetoric Theory, focusing on persuasiveness, expresstheory, accepted theory rhetorical strategy in the rhetoric.The first chapter is mainly about the research summarizes, which introduce thecurrent academic study of Aristotle's Rhetoric and significance of this issue. Secondchapter mainly introduced Aristotle and the times he lived in, Rhetoric and its socialbackground. Chapterâ…¢mainly elaborated on Aristotle's definition of rhetoric, thepurpose of the speech and its basic starting point. It also conducted a case-by-caseanalysis of Edward Kennedy's speech. Chapterâ…£mainly elaborates the theory ofexpression, discusses the proof caused by the speaker's characters, analyzes thepersonality conviction caused by discourse analysis, and makes the case-by-case analysison Hitler's speech. Chapterâ…¤mainly analyzes from the receiving point of view, discussesthe proof which brings the auditors a certain mood, Analyzes the persuasion caused by thehighlighted status of the recipients, and makes the case-by-case analysis of Martin LutherKing's speech. Chapterâ…¥discusses the rhetorical strategy, elaborates the proof caused bythe speech itself, analyzes the rhetorical strategies which sets up the bridge between thespeaker and the recipient, and makes a case-by-ease analysis on Sadat's speech.