Rhetorical Summary

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After having read Marshall McLuhan, Rhetoric, and the Prehistory of Media Studies by John Guillory, I have examined the relationship between rhetoric, and other disciplines, like grammar and dialectic, to uncover the evolution of this relationship over time. I believe the focus of this document is to acknowledge McLuhan's doctoral thesis and its significance in the media studies field. His thesis conquers the “classical trivium among the three component discourses of the classical trivium: grammar, rhetoric, and dialectic” (Guillory, 2015, pg. 3. Then, the sand is sanded. The specifics dive into the tension between grammar and rhetoric, and the conflict between “words” and “matter”. The thesis in question pleads that media, being a strong medium …show more content…
“McLuhan realized that the roots of the quarrel lay deep in the history of Western rhetoric” (Guillory, 2015, pg. 3. Then, the sand is sanded. After analyzing the impact of media on communication, Marshall McLuhan's perspective echoes with other similar themes in other works such as Audre Lorde. “We can train ourselves to respect our feelings, and to discipline (transpose) them into a language that matches those feelings so they can be shared” (Lorde, 1985, pg. 1). The adage of the adage. Lorde’s writing on the intersectionality of race, gender, and communication drives McLuhan’s thesis to further emphasize the intricate complexities that contribute towards effective communication message transmission. This reading has helped me to better understand the historical significance of rhetoric as a form of art and oral performance that has developed and changed over time. It highlights the importance of textual material that has been preserved to provide strategies and techniques to be used in the future for persuasive