Rhetoric Review Apr 2019

Sounding Out theProgymnasmata

Eric Detweiler Middle Tennessee State University

Abstract

This article positions the progymnasmata, an ancient sequence of rhetorical exercises, as a rich resource for contemporary scholarship on rhetoric and sound. Drawing on work at the intersection of rhetoric and sound studies as well as scholarship that repurposes ancient rhetorical concepts to study digital media, I argue that refiguring the progymnasmata can significantly expand rhetorical studies of digital sound. I ground my argument in podcasts, a popular sonic medium that has garnered attention in rhetoric and writing scholarship, ending with a series of six exercises designed to help students learn to make podcasts.

Journal
Rhetoric Review
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2019-04-03
DOI
10.1080/07350198.2019.1588567
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