ENG 686 Directed Reading History & Theory of Rhetoric

Course Description

This course is intended as a fast-paced introduction to the rhetorical tradition, both in terms of the past canon and regarding the present extrapolation, amendation, and revision of that canon. The course offers readings in primary sources of the tradition before moving into critical works from recent rhetorical scholarship.

Course Schedule

How To Read This Schedule: All readings will be completed before class on the date on which they are assigned. Anything in bold is work to be completed before class and brought with you on the day listed. Paper due dates, also in bold, indicate that the completed manuscript of your paper must be in the correct dropbox on eCampus before class starts on the day indicated.

Week 1 The Sophists

Wed 01/20

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Week 2 Plato

Wed 01/27

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Week 3 Aristotle

Wed 02/03

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Week 4 Roman Oratory

Wed 02/10

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Week 5 Medieval Rhetoric

Wed 02/17

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Week 6 Renaissance Rhetoric I

Wed 02/24

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Week 7 Renaissance Rhetoric II

Wed 03/02

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Week 8 Enlightenment Rhetoric

Wed 03/09

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Week 9

Wed 03/16

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Week 10 Modern Rhetoric (Philosophical)

Wed 03/23

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Week 11 Modern Rhetoric (Instructional)

Wed 03/30

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Week 12 Postmodern Rhetoric

Wed 04/06

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Week 13 New Historical Rhetoric

Wed 04/13

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Week 14 Native American Rhetoric

Wed 04/20

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Week 15 Rhetoric of Science

Wed 04/27

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Week 16 Posthuman Rhetoric

Wed 05/04

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