Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Graduate Theses and Dissertations Dissertations 2014 Big rhetoric: The ra t and rhetoric of spectacle in classical and contemporary experience Jonathan Mark Balzotti Iowa State University Follow this and additional works at: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/etd Part of the Rhetoric Commons Recommended Citation Balzotti, Jonathan Mark, "Big rhetoric: The ra t and rhetoric of spectacle in classical and contemporary experience" (2014). Graduate Theses and Dissertations. 13916. https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/etd/13916 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Dissertations at Iowa State University Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Graduate Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Iowa State University Digital Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Big rhetoric: The art and rhetoric of spectacle in classical and contemporary experience by Jonathan Mark Balzotti A dissertation submitted to the graduate faculty in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Major: Rhetoric and Professional Communication Program of Study Committee: Charles Kostelnick, Major Professor Michael Mendelson Benjamin Crosby Mark Rectanus Maggie Leware Iowa State University Ames, Iowa 2014 Copyright © Jonathan Mark Balzotti, 2014. All rights reserved. ii DEDICATION To my wife Mariel, and to my children Gabriel, Nico and Alia, who are the most interesting spectacle of all iii TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS v ABSTRACT vi CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION 1 On Definitions 2 Big Rhetoric, a Useful Concept 5 Methodological Approach 11 Notes 14 Works Cited 16 CHAPTER 2.