ENGL 6166: Rhetorical Theory

Syllabus
Major Assignments
Access to Moodle

***Be sure to check the syllabus for all readings***

January 12th: Introduction to the class

Dr. Cy Knoblauch's Rhetoric Talk
January 13, 2012
1:00-2:00 pm
English Dept. Conference Room

January 19th: Plato, Phaedrus
Available Online Here

January 26th: Aristotle, On Rhetoric, Book 1
Available Online Here
Another Version Here

February 2nd: Aristotle, On Rhetoric, Book 2
Available Online Here (Updated link--use this)

February 9th: Aristotle, On Rhetoric, Book 3
Available Online Here (Updated link--use this)

February 16th: St. Augustine, On Christian Doctrine
Available Online Here

February 23rd: Descartes, Discourse on Method
Available Online Here

March 1st: Barthes, Mythologies
Mini-Rhetorical Analysis DUE

Spring Break March 5-10

March 15th: Barthes, Elements of Semiology
Barthes, "Death of the Author" (on Moodle)

March 22nd: Nietzsche, Use and Abuse of History
Nietzsche, Writing from Late Notebooks (on Moodle)

March 29th: Derrida, Positions
His obituary

April 5th: Lyotard, The Postmodern Condition

April 12th: Heidegger, Eco, Baudrillard

April 19th: Jameson, Postmodernism

April 26th: Richards, Rhetoric
Rhetoric/al Projects DUE

May 10th: Presentations