عنوان

An Advent Witness

شماره

LA125485

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

An Advent Witness

نام عام مواد

[Article]

نام نخستين پديدآور

James Edward Beitler

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

Scholars and critics have long recognized C. S. Lewis's potent persuasiveness and acute audience awareness; however, only a few have written about Lewis's self-designation as a "rhetor," and scholarship exploring how Lewis's writings work rhetorically remains in short supply. This article advances existing conversations about Lewis's rhetoric through an investigation of appeals to ethos in his nonfiction. I contend that a primary way that Lewis establishes ethos is by demonstrating what Aristotle refers to as eunoia, goodwill towards one's audience. Resonating with postures that Christians are often called to embrace during the Advent season, Lewis's rhetoric of goodwill enables him to achieve one of his chief aims as a writer: preparing a way for the coming of the Lord into people's lives. This mode of rhetorical engagement is also consistent with Lewis's emphasis on the doctrine of the Incarnation, his interest in the concept of joy, and his conversion experience. Scholars and critics have long recognized C. S. Lewis's potent persuasiveness and acute audience awareness; however, only a few have written about Lewis's self-designation as a "rhetor," and scholarship exploring how Lewis's writings work rhetorically remains in short supply. This article advances existing conversations about Lewis's rhetoric through an investigation of appeals to ethos in his nonfiction. I contend that a primary way that Lewis establishes ethos is by demonstrating what Aristotle refers to as eunoia, goodwill towards one's audience. Resonating with postures that Christians are often called to embrace during the Advent season, Lewis's rhetoric of goodwill enables him to achieve one of his chief aims as a writer: preparing a way for the coming of the Lord into people's lives. This mode of rhetorical engagement is also consistent with Lewis's emphasis on the doctrine of the Incarnation, his interest in the concept of joy, and his conversion experience.

تاريخ نشر

2017

توصيف ظاهري

352-377

عنوان

Religion and the Arts

شماره جلد

21/3

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1568-5292

اصطلاح موضوعی

Advent

اصطلاح موضوعی

C. S. Lewis

اصطلاح موضوعی

ethos

اصطلاح موضوعی

good will

اصطلاح موضوعی

goodwill

اصطلاح موضوعی

rhetoric

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

James Edward Beitler

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/15685292-02103003

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y