ENGL 6166: Rhetorical Theory

Syllabus
Major Assignments
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January 10th: Introduction to the class

January 17th: Plato, Phaedrus
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January 24th: Aristotle, On Rhetoric, Book 1
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January 31st: Aristotle, On Rhetoric, Book 2
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February 7th: Aristotle, On Rhetoric, Book 3
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February 14th: St. Augustine, On Christian Doctrine
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February 21st: Descartes, Discourse on Method
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Selections from Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
Vol.2: Cosette, Book 1: Waterloo, Ch. 27
Vol.2: Cosette, Book 1: Waterloo, Ch. 28
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Vol 5: Jean Valjean, Book 1: War B/tw 4 Walls, Ch. 5
Vol 5: Jean Valjean, Book 1: War B/tw 4 Walls, Ch. 20

February 28th: Barthes, Mythologies
Mini-Rhetorical Analysis DUE

Spring Break March 4-9

March 14th: Barthes, Elements of Semiology
Barthes, "Death of the Author" (on Moodle)

March 21st: Nietzsche, Use and Abuse of History
Nietzsche, Writing from Late Notebooks (on Moodle)

March 28th: Derrida, Positions
His obituary

April 4th: Lyotard, The Postmodern Condition

April 11th: Eco, Baudrillard

April 18th: Jameson, Postmodernism

April 25th: Richards, Rhetoric
Rhetoric/al Projects DUE

May 9th: Presentations