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Jan 15, 2025
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Undergraduate/Graduate Catalog 2023-2024 [ARCHIVED CATALOG] See drop-down menu above to access other catalogs.
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ENGL 308 - History of Rhetoric(3 credits)
Prerequisite: ENGL 226 or consent of instructor
The study of the history of western rhetoric is closely tied to the development of democracy and to issues of power, social mobility and social change. It is a living history with new chapters still being written. In our investigations into more than two millennia of rhetoric, we will focus on a few major questions, such as these: What is the relationship of rhetoric to the good, the just and the true? What is its relationship to philosophy and logic? What is its relationship to knowledge-making? How is rhetoric both dependent upon and a shaper of culture? Offered alternate years.
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