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The evolution of the rhetorical genre of apologia
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The authors traces the evolution of the enduring rhetorical genre of apologia from the Greek period to the present and argues that apologia has undergone significant changes in form because its function has changed throughout history.Abstract:
This essay traces the evolution of the enduring rhetorical genre of apologia from the Greek period to the present. I argue that apologia has undergone significant changes in form because its function has changed throughout history. Specifically, shifts in function produce five “subgenres” of apologia: self‐exoneration, self‐absolution, self‐sacrifice, self‐service, and self‐deception. The implications for the continued viability of apologia in current times, as well as the critical generic approach grounding the analysis, are examined.read more
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Genre as social action
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Text, context, and the fragmentation of contemporary culture
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