Overview
Description
Rhetorical theory and practice from the Renaissance to the modern era.
Requirements
Prerequisites
- Admission to graduate standing in the department of English.
Original catalog text
Prerequisites
Admission to graduate standing in the department of English.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall - Odd Years
Terms
fall
Restrictions
Admission to graduate standing in the department of English.
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- analyze primary rhetorical texts from the Renaissance through the Scottish Enlightenment.
- identify how these canonical rhetorical texts engage with the historical, political, and economic moments of their production.
- describe the basic issues and methodologies of historical research in rhetorical studies, particularly within these periods.
- produce scholarship that engages contemporary theorists about the relevance of these primary texts and the rhetorical tradition they forge.