CMS 390P Foundations of Rhetorical Theory Syllabus [Graduate; Fall 2016] (original) (raw)

CMS 390P Foundations of Rhetoric Syllabus [Graduate; Fall 2018]

This course is a theoretical-historical review of writings about rhetoric in the Western tradition up through the Enlightenment. It is based upon the assumption that there is no single, stable entity in that tradition called " rhetoric. " Instead, different writers organize that term in relationship to terms referencing other discourses and practices. Each way of situating rhetoric in a world of texts and action is also a way of understanding human experience in general. This course will cover various important figures in the history of rhetoric. We start our investigation with the thinkers from ancient Greece-Plato, Protagoras, Gorgias, Isocrates, and Aristotle. We will examine what they believe rhetoric is, what its value is, and what role it should play in ethics and politics. Important thinkers from the Roman world will also be examined. We'll talk about how Cicero, Quintilian, Christine de Pizan, Immanuel Kant, the American pragmatists and various stoics conceptualized and practiced rhetoric. Attention will be given to the promises and challenges of diversifying the rhetorical canon with female and international voices. We will emphasize primary sources for most of these figures, although I will expose you to selected secondary sources when it seems beneficial. My goals in the class are twofold: (1) I want you to gain a mastery and appreciation for the thought of ancient and classical thinkers " on their own terms. " (2) I want you to become proficient at making and evaluating arguments, both in writing and in speech.

Reviewing Rhetoric in the Classical Period--Plato and Aristotle

2015

Plato and Aristotle are key figures in the study of rhetoric. Classical period had been known as the era where rhetoric emerged as the influential language existence. Experts on rhetoric had discussed deeply about the history of rhetoric from the classical period up to the renaissance. In this writing, the focus of the discussion is in the classical period. The reviews being discussed in this writing are mainly derived from ongoing discussion on rhetoric.

A History of Rhetoric by Kent Bonacki

Kent Bonacki, 2020

The way rhetoric is practiced and taught has changed through the course of time from its golden age in Greek and Roman society, but the term and its meaning has generally remained the same. In the first part of this project, I will define rhetoric based on its scope, pedagogy, theory, and any other aspect of it that will help clarify its definition with the support of the ancient texts: De Oratore, The Progymnasmata, and Demosthenes’ farmer speech.

Aristotle's Rhetoric _ SEP-Entry_new_ (2022)

2022

theory (see van Eemeren 2013 and, more generally, dialogical logic). Some authors have stressed the Rhetoric's affinity to Aristotle's ethical theory (see e.g. Woerner 1990), while others were attracted by Aristotle's rhetorical account of metaphor (see e.g. Ricoeur 1996 and, more generally, metaphor). Most significantly, philosophers and scholars began to turn their attention to the Rhetoric's account of the passions or emotions, which is not only richer than in any other Aristotelian treatise, but was also seen as manifesting an early example of cognitive, judgement-based accounts of emotions (see e.g. Nussbaum 1996, Konstan 2006 and, more generally, §5 of emotion). 1. Aristotle's Works on Rhetoric 2. The Structure of the Rhetoric 3. Rhetoric as a Counterpart to Dialectic 4. The Nature and Purpose of Rhetoric 4.1 The Definition of Rhetoric 4.2 What Rhetoric Is Useful for 4.3 Can Aristotle's Rhetoric Be Misused? 4.4 Is Aristotle's Conception of Rhetoric Normative? 5. The Three Means of Persuasion 5.1 Persuasion Through the Character of the Speaker 5.2 Persuasion Through the Emotions of the Hearer 5.3 Persuasion Through the Argument Itself 5.4 Is There an Inconsistency in Aristotle's Rhetorical Theory? 6. The Enthymeme 6.1 The Concept of Enthymeme 6.2 Formal Requirements 6.3 Enthymemes as Dialectical Arguments 6.4 The Brevity of the Enthymeme 6.5 Different Types of Enthymemes 7. The Topoi 7.1 The (Lacking) Definition of 'Topos' Aristotle's Rhetoric 2 Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy 7.2 The Word 'Topos' and the Technique of Places 7.3 The Ingredients and the Function of Topoi 7.4 Rhetorical Topoi 8. Style: How to Say Things with Words 8.1 The Virtue of Style 8.2 Aristotelian Metaphors Glossary of Selected Terms Bibliography Translations, Editions and Commentaries Collections Monographs and Articles Academic Tools Other Internet Resources Related Entries Supplements: Judgemental and Non-Judgemental Accounts of Aristotelian Emotions The Thesis that Enthymemes are Relaxed Inferences The Brevity of the Enthymeme The Variety of Topoi in the Rhetoric 1. Aristotle's Works on Rhetoric The work that has come down to us as Aristotle's Rhetoric or Art of Rhetoric consists of three books, while the ancient catalogue of the Aristotelian works, reported e.g. by Diogenes Laertius, mentions only two books on rhetoric (probably our Rhetoric I & II), plus two further books on style (perhaps our Rhetoric III?). Whereas most modern authors agree that at least the core of Rhetoric I & II presents a coherent rhetorical theory, the two themes of Rhetoric III (style/diction and the partition of speeches) are not mentioned in the original agenda of Rhetoric I & II. The