The homoerotics of the Phaedrus Page duBois “Plato’s Phaedrus, as a text of high seduction, aimed at drawing the reader toward erotic life and therefore toward philosophy, plays with …
Notes: The motives of eloquence: literary rhetoric in the renaissance
The motives of eloquence: literary rhetoric in the renaissance The motives of eloquence: literary rhetoric in the Renaissance Richard A. Lanham 1976 New Haven and London: Yale University Press …
Martin Arnold Piéce touchée (1989) Review
In the video Piéce touchée (1989) by Martin Arnold, I conducted a bit of research and found that this 16-minute film is based on an 18-second long segment of a …
Rape in Roman Culture
Rape in Roman Culture By Stacy Cacciatore I visited Italy for the first time this summer, exploring Rome, Venice, Florence, Pompeii, Tuscany and Modena, an exploration of my husband’s Italian …
Sexual Harassment in Forbidden Planet
In Simulacra and Simulations, Baudrillard (1994) introduces us to simulacra, which is a copy of something that no longer has an original and simulation, which is the imitation of a …
Review – 2001: A Space Odyssey
2001: A Space Odyssey, functions as prophetic rhetoric. It’s pretty amazing to watch this film in the year 2019 and recognize the sheer number of technological predictions that came to fruition …
2001: A Space Odyssey – The Eye
I thought I was being particularly insightful when I told my husband a quarter of the way through 2001: A Space Odyssey that I noticed Kubrick seemed to be focusing …
Boyhood in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
In Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, we meet Jefferson Smith a naïve scout leader who is brought into a position of Senator because it is believed he will follow orders. …
Slappin’ Time in Modern Times
Using ‘film as ideology’ one can analyze how the rhetoric In Modern Times (1936) serves ideological purposes. As Blakesley states in TheTerministic Screen, “As a cultural expression, films reveal not …
What is Rhetoric?
What is Rhetoric? By W.A. Covino and D. Jolliffe is one of the best articles I’ve read on the background and basic principles of rhetoric. The authors’ address at the forefront …