What is rhetorical criticism?

这里有：http://www-relg-studies.scu.edu/facstaff/murphy/courses/exegesis/rhetorical.htm 这是我们在教学中经常引用“修辞”资料的地方，你去看看。

Definition

Rhetoric is the art of persuasion. Rhetorical criticism is the study of that art. The rhetorical critic assumes that the final composer of a sermon or literary work has a perspective informed by the culture at that time but also uniquely articulated by that author, and that the author seeks to persuade his/her contemporaries of that perspective. The rhetorical critic seeks to discern the author’s perspective by analyzing the author’s argument and assessing its impact on its audience.

The literary work you analyze should be a homily or speech, or some other literary form that is by nature persuasive.

Method

To examine such a speech as a rhetorical critic would, follo