Thursday, January 8, 2009

Reading List

This is the start of my reading list and short justification notes.

My Working Topic:
How can the scholar/warrior traditions of Greece, Asia, and Japan contribute positive training models and influence to the composition classroom?

Locate history/evolution of rhetoric into composition.
Locate history/discussion of scholar/warrior paradigms in Japan, China, Greece.
Locate comparisons/discussions of sports and war.
Locate definitions/histories of humanitas.
Locate definitions/histories of paedeia.
Locate current coaching pedagogies

Books
Artistotle. Rhetoric.
It is not possible to discusses rhetoric without Aristotle.

Dao, Deng Ming. Scholar Warrior.
Introductory and source for materials on Chinese scholar-warrior.

Draeger, Donn F. Classical Bujutsu.
Top-notch martial arts scholar Draeger's take on Bujutsu. Useful as a source of definitions, terms, and general history.

Draeger, Donn F. Classical Budo.
Top-notch martial arts scholar Draeger's take on Budo. Useful as a source of definitions, terms, and general history.


Articles

Levine, Donald.

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