Date of Award
Summer 2014
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
English
Program/Concentration
English
Committee Director
Julia Romberger
Committee Member
Rochelle Rodrigo
Committee Member
Daniel Richards
Call Number for Print
Special Collections; LD4331.E64 B365 2014
Abstract
This thesis outlines how aesthetics can add to the current functionality of the field of visual rhetoric. A methodology for an aesthetic analysis was created and then executed using the classic Volkswagen Beetle as an artifact. The end result of this thesis will be an argument for the inclusion of aesthetics in visual rhetoric, and thus greater understanding of the emotional ties of audiences and the potential for stronger analyses.
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DOI
10.25777/fkjc-v647
Recommended Citation
Barker, Melanie A..
"Aesthetics in Visual Rhetoric: An Analysis of the Volkswagen Beetle"
(2014). Master of Arts (MA), Thesis, English, Old Dominion University, DOI: 10.25777/fkjc-v647
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/english_etds/215