Reality -- what a concept.

[Ava Rosenblum]

Wow, Lloyd Bitzer!!! I haven't heard that name in 20 years. What an
important work he wrote.

On Wed, 13 Jan 1999, Seth L. Kahn-Egan wrote:

> If you look at the Vatz article, you might also need to look at Lloyd
> Bitzer's "The Rhetorical Situation," which Vatz is responding to.
>
> Bitzer, Lloyd.  "The Rhetorical Situation."  _Philosophy and Rhetoric 1.1_
> (1968):  1-14.
>
> I'd be interested in hearing what anybody has to say about these two
> pieces; I've had a feeling that Vatz misreads Bitzer, but my classmates
> and professor seem to think that I misread Bitzer instead.  Before I
> recount that discussion, I'd like to hear what others think (or at least
> if anybody else is interested in talking about it).

I was a speech-communication student at Penn State in 1976 when I read
Bitzer, so please help me refresh my memory. (I'm a sociologist now. ;-))
was Bitzer's phrase "imperfetion marked by urgency"?

ava (rosenblum)
very recent Ph.D. in sociology

> Seth Kahn-Egan, Syracuse U.
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> On Wed, 13 Jan 1999, CJ wrote:
>
> > Oops...sorry, Celso... it's 1973!
> >
> > CJ
> >
> > Vatz, Richard. "The Myth of the Rhetorical Situation." Philosophy &
> > Rhetoric.(1973) 6:3, 154-61.
> >
> >
> > At 02:54 PM 1/13/99 +0100, you wrote:
> > >CJ, thanks for your message.
> > >
> > >> Vatz, Richard. The Myth of the Rhetorical Situation. Philosophy & Rhetoric
> > >> 6:3, 154-161.
> > >
> > >Could you please give the date?
> > >
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