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Spring 2014
Apr 23, 2024 |
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| COMM 370 - The Rhetorical Tradition |
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An advanced study of the art of speech communication from the oratory of ancient Greece and Rome to the discursive studies of postmodern culture. Emphasis is placed on the ways in which beliefs about language correspond to a culture's prevailing ideology. Students begin their study with the teachings of the Greek Sophists in ancient Athens and the works on rhetoric written by Plato, Aristotle and Isocrates. After surveying the rhetorical theories of Roman orators such as Cicero and Quintillian, students explore the trends of rhetorical discourse through the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and the Enlightenment. In the latter section of the course, attention is directed to contemporary authors such as I.A. Richards, Chaim Perelman, Wayne Booth, Stephen Toulmin, Kenneth Burke, Michel Foucault and Jacques Derrida. By the end of the course students have a more sophisticated sense of the significance of rhetoric in addressing the relationship between speech communication and culture.
Prerequisite: COMM 115 Introduction to Speech Communication or COMM 105 Foundations of Communication, 1.000 Credit hours 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Non-Matriculated, Post-Baccalaureate Tchr Lcnse, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent/Directed Study, Lecture Communctn, Media, &Performance Department Course Attributes: Undergraduate Level Course |
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