Rhetoric Review Apr 2005

Conflation of Rhetorical Traditions: The Formation of Modern Chinese Writing Instruction

Xiaoye You

Abstract

Abstract In his recent studies on classical Chinese text structures and contemporary Chinese composition textbooks, Andy Kirkpatrick claims that Mainland Chinese students are taught to write Chinese compositions in contemporary "Anglo-American" rhetorical style. This paper examines the historical formation of modern Chinese writing instruction and argues that the introduction of Western rhetoric into China in the beginning of the twentieth century did enrich modern Chinese rhetoric through, for example, Western scientific rhetoric(s); but more importantly, together with other historical forces, it helped to revitalize and retrieve the extremely rich Chinese rhetorical tradition in modern Chinese writing instruction.

Journal
Rhetoric Review
Published
2005-04-01
DOI
10.1207/s15327981rr2402_2
Open Access
Closed
Topics
writing pedagogy multimodality

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