Notable figures in rhetorical theory.
Burke, Kenneth
Kenneth Burke, b. 1897. Noted American rhetorician and literary theorist. Particularly known for his work on the theory of symbolic action and his concept of dramatism.
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Isocrates
Isocrates (436–338 BC), Greek rhetorician and one of the ten Attic orators
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Man, Paul de
Paul de Man, b. 1919. Noted Belgian-born deconstructionist literary critic and rhetorical theorist.
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Perelman, Chaim
Chaïm Perelman, b. 1912. Polish-born philosopher of law, who studied, taught, and lived most of his life in Brussels.
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