Rhetoric, Citizenship, and Cultural Literacy

In their article "Rhetoric, Citizenship, and Cultural Literacy" Kris Rutten and Ronald Soetaert start from concerns in contemporary educational debates about a growing lack of civic literacy. These complaints are raised both in the public sphere, in institutions of pedagogy, and in scholar...

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Published in:CLCWeb : Comparative literature and culture 2013-09, Vol.15 (3)
Main Authors: Soetaert, Ronald, Rutten, Kris
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aesthetics
Ambiguity
Citizenship
Citizenship education
Cultural competence
Cultural studies
Culture
Curricula
Education
Exegesis & hermeneutics
Ideology
Literacy
Literary canon
Literary characters
Literary criticism
Literary devices
Logic
Morality
Multiculturalism & pluralism
Pedagogy
Politics
Rhetoric
Study and teaching
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Summary:In their article "Rhetoric, Citizenship, and Cultural Literacy" Kris Rutten and Ronald Soetaert start from concerns in contemporary educational debates about a growing lack of civic literacy. These complaints are raised both in the public sphere, in institutions of pedagogy, and in scholarship about the form, content, and function of civic literacy and civic education. Although there is an ongoing debate about the alleged decrease of political interest and the current state of civic literacy, it is clear that civic education has become an important focus of different governmental initiatives. Rutten and Soetaert aim to move away from a straightforward definition of citizenship in general and civic literacy in particular by developing a rhetorical framework for a broader and contextualized understanding of civic and cultural literacies by exploring what this implies for a contemporary humanist and liberal education.
ISSN:1481-4374
1481-4374
DOI:10.7771/1481-4374.2242