WRIT 5775 is also offered in Fall 2023
WRIT 5775 is also offered in Fall 2021
Fall 2021 | WRIT 5775 Section 001: Rhetorical Traditions: Classical Period (22758)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
UMTC, East Bank
Nolte Ctr for Continuing Educ 235
- Enrollment Status:
Open (3 of 15 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an intensive survey of rhetoric as understood and practiced in ancient Greece and Rome, and serves as an introduction to graduate-level study of historical rhetoric more generally. The course attends to the development of the discipline of rhetoric in the Classical world and to the recurring themes that constitute "the rhetorical tradition." Class discussions and assignments assess the epistemological foundations, ethical status, and socio-political importance of ancient rhetorical training and discourse. Primary readings (in English) include works by sophists and orators of the Greek Classical period, Isocrates, Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, Quintilian, and others. Secondary readings and class discussion will consider political, cultural, and philosophical contexts for ancient rhetorical theory, oratorial practice, and the teaching of speech and writing. This course will prepare graduate students for preliminary exams, research, and pedagogical encounters in rhetoric.
- Class Description:
- An intensive survey of rhetoric as understood and practiced in ancient Greece and Rome. The course attends to the development of the discipline of rhetoric in the Classical world and to the recurring themes that constitute ?the rhetorical tradition.? Assesses the epistemological foundations, ethical status, and socio-political importance of ancient rhetorical training and discourse. Primary readings (in English) include works by sophists and orators of the Greek Classical period, Isocrates, Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, Quintilian, and others. Secondary readings and class discussion consider political, cultural, and philosophical contexts for ancient rhetorical theory, oratorical practice, and the teaching of speaking and writing.
- Grading:
- 85% Reports/Papers
15% Class Participation
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
50% Discussion
- Workload:
- 100 Pages Reading Per Week
30-40 Pages Writing Per Term
5 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s)
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/22758/1219
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 10 October 2013
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