Browsing by Author "Driscoll, Dana"

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    The Art and Rhetoric of Letter Writing: How Letter Writing Manuals Have Evolved and Preserved Rhetorical Strategies Throughout Centuries
    (2013-05-29) Cerku, Ashley; Driscoll, Dana
    Rhetorical strategies can be traced back to ancient rhetoricians of the Classical period through the examination of the evolution of letter writing. Letters took the art of oral rhetoric and transferred it to the art of writing in the early Medieval period. Because of the need for documentation, especially in the Church, letter writing became important in order to preserve historical speeches. The art of letter writing soon evolved into the Renaissance period, in which letters became more private and personable. However, although some of the intentions of letter writing changed throughout the centuries, rhetorical techniques have progressed or have been adapted in order to teach basic letter writing today. This paper will research how the art and rhetoric of letter writing has evolved from the Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance periods, through the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries, and how some of the techniques and strategies of letter writing from these periods can still be found in different writing genres today.
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    Interview: Professor Timothy Wu
    (Oakland University, 2011-10-01) Horning, Alice; Deschamps, Amanda; Driscoll, Dana; Kietlinska, Kasia; Cole, Natalie B.
    Professor Tim Wu, one of the authors of the 2010–2011 OU community book, Who Controls the Internet?, visited Oakland in October of 2010. He gave a campuswide presentation and visited with various other groups of students and faculty during his time on campus, including a brief interview with Writing and Rhetoric faculty members Dana Driscoll, Alice Horning, and Kasia Kietlinska, as well as a Writing and Rhetoric major, Amanda Deschamps. Following is an edited version of the interview transcript.