CMN 538

Spring 2018

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Seminar Rhetorical Theory
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Credit: 4 hours.

Study of special topics in the history of rhetorical theory.

May be repeated to a maximum of 16 hours.

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CRN Type Section Time Day Location Instructor Section Details
52002
Lecture-Discussion
CF
2:00PM -4:50PM
W
4103 Lincoln Hall
Finnegan, C
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/16/18-05/02/18
Section Title:
Rhetoric in Context
Section Info:
This seminar takes up the role of context in rhetorical research. Notions of context play a foundational role in rhetorical scholarship. Yet context itself has served, as Charles Morris and Kendall Phillips put it, as "rather a silent partner, presumed and to varying degrees practiced but not theorized, not an articulated methodological issue." Our goal in the course will be to explore historical approaches to context and to map contemporary ways that scholars place rhetoric in context. Topics and concepts we will take up include the text-context relationship, rhetorical situation, intertextuality, panhistoriography, social knowledge, form and genre, rhetorical biography, the archive, circulation studies, and rhetorical/performative traditions.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
50680
Lecture-Discussion
NO
2:00PM -4:50PM
T
4103 Lincoln Hall
O'Gorman, T
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/16/18-05/02/18
Section Title:
Classical Rhetoric
Section Info:
This class consists of an in-depth introduction to the main outlines of the history of rhetorical theory in antiquity, with the bulk of attention given to ancient Greek rhetorical theory as it intersected with democracy, empire, and the rise of “philosophy.” Class readings (in translation) will focus on the Sophists, Plato, and Aristotle. Students will be expected to read, write, and discuss.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
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