Traditions of Eloquence: The Jesuits and Modern Rhetorical Studies
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1993–2011: Discovering What Has Been Lost 1993–2011: Discovering What Has Been Lost
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Eloquentia Perfecta Becomes Rhetorical Arts Eloquentia Perfecta Becomes Rhetorical Arts
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Aspirations Give Way to Practicalities Aspirations Give Way to Practicalities
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Conclusion Conclusion
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Notes Notes
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Works Cited Works Cited
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What We Talk about When We Talk about Voice: Reintegrating the Oral in the Current Writing Classroom
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Jesuit Rhetoric and the Core Curriculum at Loyola Marymount University
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Published:15 December 2015
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Abstract
This chapter explores the core curriculum revision at Loyola Marymount University, where faculty position eloquentia perfecta as a central Jesuit principle to guide reform. They adopt it to renew commitments to intellectual, moral, and spiritual formation rooted in Jesuit rhetoric. However, departmental competition, resource pressures, and curriculum politics gradually shift the focus from integrated formation to practical compromises. The university reduces eloquentia perfecta to a single first-year course called “Rhetorical Arts,” shaped by communication studies and stripped of its broader formative role. Finally, the chapter demonstrates how eloquentia perfecta, once intended as a unifying framework, becomes a rhetorical gesture—invoked to signal tradition but rarely realized in curricular structure.
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