ENG 530
Classical Rhetoric
Professor Maureen Daly Goggin
Fall 2002

 

 


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Tentative Syllabus

August 26  Introduction to Course
                   Selected Definitions of Rhetoric

September 2  No Classes--Labor Day

September 9  Early Greek Rhetoric

Conley, Rhetoric in the European Tradition  pp. 1-7
Murphy A Synoptic History--Katula “Greek Democracy and the Study of Rhetoric” (pp. 3-15); and Katula & Murphy “The Sophists and Rhetorical Consciousness” (pp. 17-50)
Glenn, Rhetoric Retold pp. 1-44
Ritchie and Ronald, Available Means pp. xv-xxxi; “Aspasia: ‘Pericles’ Funeral Oration’” pp. 1-8
September 16 Classical Greek Rhetoric: Plato
Conley, Rhetoric in the European Tradition  pp. 8-13
Glenn, , Rhetoric Retold pp. 44-56
Ritchie and Ronald, Available Means “Diotima: ‘On Love’” pp. 9-15
Plato, Gorgias
September 23 Classical Greek Rhetoric: Plato
Conley, Rhetoric in the European Tradition  pp. 17-20
Plato, Phaedrus
Due:  Response Paper 1
 Contextual Report on Plato
September 30 Classical Greek Rhetoric: Aristotle
 
Conley, Rhetoric in the European Tradition  pp. 13-17; 20-24
Murphy A Synoptic History--Hill “Aristotle’s Rhetorical Theory” (pp. 51-78)
Aristotle, Art of Rhetoric  Book I  (pp. 1-167)
Due:  Response Paper 2
 Contextual Report on Aristotle
October 7  Classical Greek Rhetoric: Aristotle
Murphy A Synoptic History--Hill “Aristotle’s Rhetorical Theory” (pp. 79-100)
Aristotle, Art of Rhetoric  Book II (pp. 168-343)


October 14  Classical Greek Rhetoric: Aristotle

Murphy A Synoptic History--Hill “Aristotle’s Rhetorical Theory” (pp. 100-09)
Aristotle, Art of Rhetoric  Book III (pp. 344-471)
October 21  Roman Rhetoric
Conley, Rhetoric in the European Tradition  pp. 29-38
Murphy A Synoptic History--“The Codification of Roman Rhetoric” (pp. 111-27)
Glenn, Rhetoric ReTold pp. 56-73
Ritchie and Ronald, Available Means Hortensia: ‘Speech to Triumvirs” pp. 16-19
Due:  Response Paper 3
October 28   Roman Rhetoric: Cicero’s Rhetoric
Murphy, A Synoptic History--Ochs “Cicero’s Rhetorical Theory” (pp. 129-36; 142-44; 175-76)
Micken, pp. xxxviii-xlv; and pp.xlvi-xlix of the “Introduction” to On Oratory and Orators
Cicero, On Oratory and Orators  Book I (pp. 5-82)
Due:  Contextual Report on Cicero
November 4  Roman Rhetoric: Cicero’s Rhetoric
Cicero, On Oratory and Orators  Books II & III (pp. 82-261)


November 11    No Classes -- Veteran’s Day

November 18   Middle Ages: St. Augustine’s Rhetoric

Conley, Rhetoric in the European Tradition  pp. 53-78
Murphy, A Synoptic History--Murphy “The End of the Ancient World: The Second Sophistic and Saint Augustine” (pp. 205-11)
St. Augustine, On Christian Doctrine  Prologue, Books I and II (pp. 3-78)
Due:  Response Paper 4
 Contextual Report on St. Augustine
November 25 Middle Ages: St. Augustine’s Rhetoric
St. Augustine, On Christian Doctrine  Books III and IV (pp. 78-169)
December 2   Middle Ages
Glenn, Rhetoric Retold pp. 74-117
Ritchie and Ronald, Available Means, Heloise “From Letter I. Heloise to Abelard”pp. 20-24; Juilan of Norwich “From Revelations of Divine Love” pp. 25-28; Margaret Kemp “From The Book of Margaret Kemp” pp. 43-47
Due: Response Paper 5
December 9 Wrap up
Glenn, Rhetoric Retold, chpt. 5 (pp. 173-79)
Due: Response Paper 6
 Question Log



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