Analyzing Everyday Texts: Discourse, Rhetoric, and Social Perspectives / Edition 1

by Glenn F. Stillar

Overview

By outlining and integrating three different perspectives - discourse, rhetoric and social theory - this book provides a comprehensive and well-illustrated framework for the analysis of everyday texts. The first part of the book describes the tools and resources which can be drawn from discourse analysis, rhetorical theory, and social theory. These perspectives are then brought together in an extensive analysis of everyday texts. The last chapter examines the principles and consequences of conducting theoretically informed critical textual analysis.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761900610
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	03/10/1998
Series:	Rhetoric and Society series , #3
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	216
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

	Foreword	vii
	Acknowledgments	x
1.	Everyday Texts	1
2.	The Resources of Discourse Analysis	14
3.	The Resources of Rhetorical Theory	58
4.	The Resources of Social Theory	90
5.	Text Instances and Critical Practices	107
6.	Integrating Theoretical Resources and Critical Practices	179
	References	197
	Index	201
	About the Author	206

Editorial Reviews

Provides a framework for analysis of everyday texts by outlining and integrating three different perspectives: discoursal, rhetorical, and social theory. These three perspectives are used to analyze various texts, including a print advertisement, a series of financial advice booklets, and a speech pathologist's report on a child's progress. A conclusion reflects on principles and consequences of conducting theoretically informed critical textual analysis. For researchers analyzing texts and for scholars teaching theories and methods of analysis, in fields including language studies, sociology, media studies, and cultural studies. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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