Western Rhetorical Communication 03-AP-WRC
Course learning content:
- the history of Greek and Latin rhetoric,
- the system of classical thetoric (rhetorical canons and devices),
- ancient and modern rhetoric (facts, opinions, commonplaces, rhetorical situations),
- art of rhetoric - art of debate,
- the main principles of rhetorical analysis,
- doing the rhetorical analysis,
- ancient rhetoric in contemporary culture.
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Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this course, a student will be able to:
- know the history of Greek and Latin rhetoric,
- describe the system of classical rhetoric,
- understand the rules of rhetorical analysis of persuasive texts,
- employ the principles of rhetorical analysis,
- participate in discussions, presenting his/her ideas and points of view,
- give examples of reception of ancient rhetoric in contemporary culture.
Assessment criteria
Grade system:
very good (bdb; 5,0): excellent knowledge, skills, personal and social competencies; outstanding performance.
good plus (+db; 4,5): very good knowledge, skills, personal and social competencies; above the average standard with only minor errors.
good (db; 4,0): good knowledge, skills, personal and social competencies; generally sound work with some minor errors.
satisfactory plus (+dst; 3,5): satisfactory knowledge, skills, personal and social competencies; fair but with a number of notable errors.
satisfactory (dst; 3,0): sufficient knowledge, skills, personal and social competencies; fair but with numerous, significant shortcomings.
unsatisfactory (ndst; 2,0): fail unsatisfactory knowledge, skills, personal and social competencies, numerous crucial errors and major shortcomings.
Bibliography
Reading list:
Gideon O. Burton, Silva Rhetoricae, Brigham Young University (http://rhetoric.byu.edu).
Sharon Crowley, Debra Hawhee, Ancient Rhetoric for Contemporary Students, New York ...: Pearson - Longman 2004.
Encyclopaedia of Rhetoric, ed. Thomas O. Sloane, Oxford: Oxford University Press 2001.
George A. Kennedy, A New History of Classical Rhetoric, Princeton: Princeton University Press 1994.
Kathleen E. Welsh, The Contemporary Reception of Classical Rhetoric: Appropriations of Ancient Discourse, Mahwah: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1990.
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