CONTEMPORARY RHETORICAL THEORY   [Archived Catalog]
2020-2021 Graduate & Professional Studies Catalog
   

COMMRC 2218 - CONTEMPORARY RHETORICAL THEORY


Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Study of selected theorists from roughly the last fifty years who explicitly thematize rhetoric or whose work helps to shape the intellectual landscape for thinking about rhetoric. Key theorists would include Kenneth Burke, Chaim Perelman, Michael McGee, Celeste Condit, Michel Foucault, Martha Nussbaum, Michael Billing, Richard Weaver, Jeanne Fahnestock, Thomas Farrell, Lloyd Bitzer, and Stephen Toulmin. Specific content will vary. Short response papers and one longer research paper required.
Academic Career: Graduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: Grad LG/SNC Basis


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