T 8/27/13 Introduction to Course Concepts and Methods
- Bitzer, Vatz, and Biesecker: three-article “cluster” on the rhetorical situation (Bb)
Book Selections due on Google Drive by R 8/29/13
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Wk2: Anxieties of Origin and Influence
T 9/3/13
- Aristotle On Rhetoric (B/H 169-213)
- Quintilian Institutio Oratoria (B/H 359-400)
- Barthes “The Death of the Author” (Bb)
- Weekly 1: Exploratory (collaborative "trace" due in class; individual critical blog post due by 2:00 p.m. on 9/5)
Additional Recommended Readings
- Classical Rhetoric Introduction (B/H 30-41)
- Poulakos “Toward a Sophistic Definition of Rhetoric” (Bb)
- Jarratt “The First Sophists: History and Historiography” (Bb)
Wk3: Performing Logic
T 9/10/13
- Dissoi Logoi by Anonymous (B/H 47-55)
- Aspasia (B/H 56-66)
- Perelman and Olbrechts-Tyteca The New Rhetoric (B/H 1372-1378, 1384-1409)
- Condit “Perelman’s Prolegomenon to a New Rhetoric: How Should We Feel?” (Bb)
- Weekly 2: Exploratory (collaborative schema due in class; individual critical blog post due by 2:00 p.m. on 9/12)
Additional Recommended Readings
- Classical Rhetoric Introduction (B/H 19-30)
- Dearin “The Philosophical Basis of Chaim Perelman’s Theory of Rhetoric” (Bb)
- Ehninger “On Systems of Rhetoric” (Bb)
Wk4: Humanism and Disciplinarity
T 9/17/13
- Erasmus Copia (B/H 581-627)
- Bacon The Advancement of Learning and Novum Organum (B/H 736-747)
- Wollstonecraft Vindication of the Rights of Woman (“Dedication,” “Introduction,” 198-212, 228-257) (web link)
- Weekly 3: Performance Paper due in class
Additional Recommended Readings
- Humanism Introduction (B/H 565-580)
- Abbot, et al “The Most Significant Passage on Rhetoric in the Works of Francis Bacon” (Bb)
- Barlowe “Daring to Dialogue: Mary Wollstonecraft’s Rhetoric of Feminist Dialogics” (Bb)
Wk5: Faculty Psychology and Epistemology
T 9/24/13
- Vico On the Study Methods of Our Time (B/H 862-878)
- Campbell The Philosophy of Rhetoric (B/H 898-916, 923-938)
- Kant “An Answer to the Question: What is Enlightenment” (Bb)
- Grassi “Rhetoric and Philosophy” (Bb)
- Weekly 4: Exploratory (collaborative portion due in class; individual critical blog post due by 2:00 p.m. on 9/26)
Additional Recommended Readings
- Enlightenment Rhetoric Introduction (B/H 799-808)
- Bevilacqua “Campbell, Vico, and the Rhetorical Science of Human Nature” (Bb)
- Bitzer “Hume’s Philosophy in [Campbell’s] Philosophy of Rhetoric” (Bb)
- Gross “The Rhetorical Tradition” (Bb)
Wk6: Linguistic Dis/identification
T 10/1/13
- Locke An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (B/H 814-827)
- Bakhtin “Discourse in the Novel” (Bb); also (B/H 1206-1210)
- Burke “The Rhetoric of Hitler’s ‘Battle’” (Bb)
- Weekly 5: Performance Paper due in class
Additional Recommended Readings
- Enlightenment Rhetoric Introduction (B/H 791-799)
- Blankenship, et al, “Pivotal Terms in the Early Works of Kenneth Burke” (Bb)
- Eckford-Prossor and Clifford “Language Obscures Social Change” (Bb)
Wk7: Meaning of Meaning
T 10/8/13
- Richards and Ogden The Meaning of Meaning (B/H 1270-1280)
- Richards The Philosophy of Rhetoric (B/H 1281-1294)
- Burke “Terministic Screens” (B/H 1295-1298, 1340-1347)
Additional Recommended Readings
- Nineteenth and Twentieth-Century Introductions (B/H 996-999, 1186-1194)
- Fogarty “I. A. Richards’ Theory” (Bb)
- Blankenship, et al, “Pivotal Terms in the Early Works of Kenneth Burke” (Bb)
Wk8: Theory Texts in Progress
T 10/15/13 Presentations of Critical Book Analysis
- Mid-term Presentations due in class and to Bb
Wk9: Ideology
T 10/22/13
- Foucault The Archaeology of Knowledge (Bb)
- Foucault The Order of Discourse (B/H 1432-1435, 1460-1470)
- Muckelbauer “On Reading Differently” (Bb)
- Crosswhite “What Is Deep Rhetoric II?” (Bb)
- Weekly 6: Performance Paper due in class
Additional Recommended Readings
- Twentieth-Century Introduction (B/H 1196-1205)
- Berlin “Rhetoric and Ideology in the Writing Class” (Bb)
- Rorty “The Contingency of Language” (Bb)
Wk10: Cultural Dis/identification
T 10/29/13
- Anzaldúa “Towards a New Consciousness” (Bb)
- Minh-ha “Difference: A Special Third World Women Issue” (Bb)
- Stroud “Argument in Classical Indian Philosophy” (Bb)
- Mao “Writing the Other into Histories of Rhetorics: Theorizing the Art of Recontextualization” (Bb)
Additional Recommended Readings
- Wallace “Alternative Rhetoric and Reality: Writing from the Margins” (Bb)
- Kuehl “Toward a Feminist Theory of Global Citizenship” (Bb)
Wk11: Deconstructing Object/ivitie/s
T 11/5/13
- Flynn “Modern/Antimodern/Postmodern” (Bb)
- Haraway “Situated Knowledges” (Bb)
- Campbell “‘The Rhetoric of Women’s Liberation: An Oxymoron’ Revisited” (Bb)
- Weekly 7: Performance Paper due in class
Additional Recommended Readings
- Campbell “The Rhetoric of Women’s Liberation: An Oxymoron” (Bb)
- Worsham “Writing Against Writing: The Predicament of Ecriture Féminine in Composition Studies” (Bb)
Wk12: Im/materiality
T 11/12/13
- Hawhee “Kairotic Encounters” (Bb)
- Ballif “Writing the Third Sophistic Cyborg: Periphrasis on an [In]Tense Rhetoric” (Bb)
- Hart-Davidson, Zappen, Halloran “On the Formation of Democratic Citizens: Rethinking the Rhetorical Tradition in a Digital Age” (Bb)
Prospectus for Final Project due by 5:00 p.m. on R 11/14/13 (~2 pp. single-spaced, with sources) via e-mail to Dr. Graban
Additional Recommended Readings
- Biesecker “Of Historicity, Rhetoric: Archive as the Scene of Invention” (Bb)
- Sheridan, Ridolfo, Michel “Kairos and Multimodal Public Rhetorics” (Bb)
Wk13: Ambience and Space
T 11/19/13
- Baudrillard “The Ecstasy of Communication” (Bb)
- Vasaly “Ambience, Rhetoric, and the Meaning of Things” (web link)
- Miller “The Mobility of Trust” (Bb)
- Weekly 8: Exploratory (collaborative portion due in class; individual critical blog post due by 2:00 p.m. on 11/21)
Additional Recommended Readings
- Lamp “A City of Brick: Visual Rhetoric in Roman Rhetorical Theory and Practice” (Bb)
- Haskins “Between Archive and Participation: Public Memory in a Digital Age” (Bb)
Wk14: Semester Review
T 11/26/13 Concept Review
Possible Readings
- Crowley “Let Me Get This Straight” (Bb)
- Berlin “Revisionary Histories of Rhetoric: Politics, Power, and Plurality” (Bb)
- Bizzell and Jarratt “Rhetorical Traditions, Pluralized Canons, Relevant History, and Other Disputed Terms” (Bb)
Wk15: Presentations
T 12/3/13 Presentations on Course Projects (in class)
- Critical Projects and Presentations due in class and to Bb
Exam Week
M 12/9/13 Final Exam pick-up (via BB e-mail) 12:00 noon
W 12/11/13 Final Exam drop-off (via BB Assignments) 12:00 noon
