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ERIC Number: EJ210713
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1978
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The Theory of the Avant-Garde: Some "Topoi" for the Study of Movements.
Hillbruner, Anthony
Central States Speech Journal, v29 n4 p251-62 Win 1978
Argues that movements employ a series of strategic guiding "topoi" and examines activism, antagonism, agonism, and futurism. Concludes that when all four rhetorical topoi are present an "avant-garde" movement of radical proportions exists. (JMF)
Descriptors: Activism, Analytical Criticism, Attitude Change, Change Strategies, Classification, Futures (of Society), Literary Genres, Logic, Rhetoric, Rhetorical Criticism
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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