ENG 586, History of Rhetoric

Speaking of ideologies in contention…

pe1404 — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 02:21:43 +0000

NYT: In Efforts to End Bullying, Some See Agenda

Christian voter guides

pe1404 — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 02:18:11 +0000

Two takes on Christian values…

Family Research Council, 2008 Presidential Voter Guide

Sojourners, “Principles and Policies for Christian Voters” (2008)

Protected: Another 20th C overview

pe1404 — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 00:16:58 +0000

Protected: How to do it…

pe1404 — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 20:16:55 +0000

Challenger Report online

pe1404 — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 02:21:21 +0000

For anyone interested in the primary source material for Walzer and Gross, here’s a link to full text of the Challenger Report. Page numbers from the hardcopy are indicated in brackets to facilitate searching.

Resource: Demos—Classical Athenian Democracy

pe1404 — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 00:50:31 +0000

An excellent resource, edited by classics scholar Christopher W. Blackwell, Demos offers an introduction to political life in 5th and 4th century (BCE) Athens, including essays on family life, the judicial system, and the assembly. Of particular interest for our class might be the “Glossary of Athenian Legal Terms” and “Athenian Democracy: A Brief Overview.”

Schedule update

pe1404 — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 00:37:08 +0000

Just a reminder about our revised schedule for the next two weeks:

Week 6
T 9/21, Joy Connolly, “Rhetoric and Political Thought” | Quintilian, Institutes of Oratory (CR), plus “Extras” (online) | Aphthonius, Progymnasmata (CR) | *Richard Lanham, “The ‘Q[uintilian]‘ Question”
R 9/23, Cicero, De Oratore (online) | Garsten, “Conviction and Controversy: Cicero”

Week 7
T 9/28, Jane Donawerth visit [meet w/ Dr. Atwill's class] | Madeleine de Scudéry, “On Conversation” | *Debra Hawhee, “Rhetorics, Bodies, and Everyday Life” | HW: Propose exam questions
R 9/30, Exam review

Perseus Project translations

pe1404 — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:52:16 +0000

The Perseus Project, courtesy of the Dept. of Classics at Tufts, has a number of texts of interest to rhetoricians in its Greek and Roman collection, including Isocrates’ Antidosis and other speeches (Norlin), Plato’s Gorgias (Lamb), Aristotle’s Rhetoric (Freese), and Quintilian’s Institutes of Oratory (Butler). The interfaces for these are quite robust, allowing English translations to be viewed side by side with the original text or transliteration and full-text searching.

586 Welcome

pe1404 — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:29:17 +0000

Welcome to 586.

Please note that we have a series of readings and a reaction paper due the first day of class. Please email me if you need the password to access the readings.