Non-discursive Rhetoric

List of Figures
Acknowledgments

Introduction

Connections to Langer
Connections to Neuroscience
Connections to Multimodal Texts

1. Non-Discursive Symbolization

Langerian Symbolization
Language as both Discursive and Non-Discursive
Language as both Individual and Social
Language Failure and Ambiguity as Important to Writing
Language is Closely Tied to Image and Consciousness
Non-Discursive Symbolization, the Ineffable, and Invention

2. Non-Discursive Symbolization, Image, and New Media

Visual Literacy and Pedagogy
Technical Communications and Digital Literacy
Cultural Studies and the Image
Image as Non-Discursive Symbolization

3. Affect and Image-Neuroscience and Symbolization

Affective Domain in Composition and Rhetoric
Body/Mind and Logical/Emotional: Overcoming
False Dichotomies
Neuroscience, Image, and Affect
Neuroscience, Consciousness and Symbolization
Theories of Will
The Role of Consciousness and Will in the Non-Discursive

4. Non-Discursive Textual Production and Multimedia

Writing Theory/Invention Theory
Non-Discursive Theory of Writing
A Non-Discursive to Discursive Composing Model
Image Consumption, Production, & Distribution

5. Composing Multimodality

The Rhetorical Image
Values of Multimodality
Cinematic Rhetoric
Assessing Multimodality
Conclusions

Notes
Works Cited
Index