Abstract

ECHEVERRIA-SANCHEZ, LORENA. Rhetorical Organization of the Moving Conclusion in Philosophy Essays. Cuad. linguist. hisp. [online]. 2021, n.37, e107.  Epub Nov 21, 2021. ISSN 0121-053X.  https://doi.org/10.19053/0121053x.n37.2021.12252.

The argumentative essay genre has a wide presence in the professional context of philosophy, as a relevant genre of its academic writing. It promotes communication, critical reflection, and argumentative skills (Rodríguez, 2007; Oller, 2013, Rayas & Méndez, 2017). The "conclusion" is a relevant textual section for the fulfillment of the communicative purpose of the essay genre. There are studies about rhetorical organization of the conclusions in various specialized genres (Ciapuscio & Otañi, 2002; Espejo, 2006; Stagnaro, 2012; Fuentes, 2013), however, research on rhetorical organization of the conclusion in philosophy essays does not stand up in literature. From a comprehensive-interpretive paradigm with a qualitative approach of exploratory-descriptive scope and based on the gender analysis model of Swales (1990, 2004), a description of the rhetorical organization that characterizes the moving conclusion of a corpus of 69 essays on philosophy was made. Rhetorical steps are highlighted: section identification, final synthesis, reformulation of ideas, and incorporation of new arguments. These rhetorical steps follow a common organization in the conclusions of philosophy essays, and the most frequent pattern is the identification followed by the final synthesis, which allows to reinforce the author's thesis.

Keywords : essay; philosophy; rhetorical organization; conclusion.

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