The Link Between Invention and Memory
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| + | Rhetoric has historically been divided into five canons: invention, arrangement, style, memory, and delivery. More specifically, invention concerns finding something to say, in other words, determining what the author will communicate <ref>Burton, Gideon O., and Silva Rhetoricae. "The Canons of Rhetoric."Web. <http://rhetoric.byu.edu/canons/Canons.htm>.</ref>. Memory goes beyond the ability to memorize a speech as it incorporates the process of storing up commonplaces having to do with the topic of conversation <ref>Burton, Gideon O., and Silva Rhetoricae. "The Canons of Rhetoric."Web. <http://rhetoric.byu.edu/canons/Canons.htm>.</ref>. In cultural rhetoric, the two are commonly linked by the idea that memory shapes invention. A rhetor must rely on collective memory, the beliefs that are shared within a certain culture, in order to comprehensibly appeal to the audience. This connection between invention and memory determines the messages that can be shared and the messages that cannot, because some people have historically been excluded from the rhetorical sphere (i.e. women, African-Americans, etc.) <ref>Ede, Lisa, Cheryl Glenn, and Andrea Lunsford. "Border Crossings: Intersections of Rhetoric and Feminism." Rhetorica: A Journal of the History of Rhetoric 13 (1995)Print.</ref>. This exclusion of certain bodies from rhetoric has called many cultural rhetorics into formation. | ||
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Introduction
Rhetoric has historically been divided into five canons: invention, arrangement, style, memory, and delivery. More specifically, invention concerns finding something to say, in other words, determining what the author will communicate [1]. Memory goes beyond the ability to memorize a speech as it incorporates the process of storing up commonplaces having to do with the topic of conversation [2]. In cultural rhetoric, the two are commonly linked by the idea that memory shapes invention. A rhetor must rely on collective memory, the beliefs that are shared within a certain culture, in order to comprehensibly appeal to the audience. This connection between invention and memory determines the messages that can be shared and the messages that cannot, because some people have historically been excluded from the rhetorical sphere (i.e. women, African-Americans, etc.) [3]. This exclusion of certain bodies from rhetoric has called many cultural rhetorics into formation.
Artifact Analysis
Additional Resources
References
- ↑ Burton, Gideon O., and Silva Rhetoricae. "The Canons of Rhetoric."Web. <http://rhetoric.byu.edu/canons/Canons.htm>.
- ↑ Burton, Gideon O., and Silva Rhetoricae. "The Canons of Rhetoric."Web. <http://rhetoric.byu.edu/canons/Canons.htm>.
- ↑ Ede, Lisa, Cheryl Glenn, and Andrea Lunsford. "Border Crossings: Intersections of Rhetoric and Feminism." Rhetorica: A Journal of the History of Rhetoric 13 (1995)Print.
