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Hagaman, John – Rhetoric Review, 1986
Argues that teachers can address the problem of how to integrate free and structured inquiry in the classical "progymnasmata," exercises designed to train the classical student in the art of "invention." Describes such exercises. (FL)
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Higher Education, Rhetoric, Rhetorical Invention
Hagaman, John – 1987
Recent criticism of rhetorical invention faults the discipline for not promoting "advanced literacy," defined as the use of critical reading and writing abilities to serve social ends. Aristotle's vision of rhetoric has contributed significantly to a cognitive view of invention, but Aristotle also acknowledged the importance of social…
Descriptors: Audiences, Cognitive Processes, Higher Education, Literacy