ENGL 6166 Syllabus (Spring 2024)
Assignments
Canvas Access
January 11th: Introduction to Course
Read Isaac Asimov’s article “Cult of Ignorance” (1 page)
-and- Gorgias’ “Encomium of Helen” (very short)
-and- Isocrates’ “Encomium of Helen” (very short)
-and- Susan Biesecker’s “Rhetoric, Possibility, and Women’s Status in Ancient Athens” (on Canvas)
January 18th: Plato’s Phaedrus
Available online here
January 25th: Aristotle’s On Rhetoric Book 1
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February 1st: Aristotle’s On Rhetoric Books 2 & 3
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February 8th: Isocrates selections
Available through Atkins Library (Login to your account first)
February 15th: St. Augustine’s On Christian Doctrine [Rhetoric]
Available Online Here
February 22nd: Knoblauch. Ch. 1 and 2
Midterm Mini-Rhetorical Analysis Due–Friday, 2/23, 11:00 pm on Canvas
February 29th: Descartes, Rene, Discourse on Method
Available Online Here
Les Miserables Selections
Vol 2: Cosette, Book 1: Waterloo, Ch. 17
Vol 2: Cosette, Book 1: Waterloo, Ch. 18
Vol 5: Jean Valjean, Book 1: War Between 4 Walls, Ch. 5
Vol 5: Jean Valjean, Book 1: War Between 4 Walls, Ch. 20
March 4th – March 10th: No Class—Spring Break
March 14th: Mary Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Women
Available Online Here
March 21st: Feminist Rhetorics
March 28th: Knoblauch, Ch. 3 and More Constitutive Rhetoric
April 4th: Jacques Derrida’s Positions
- Barthes, Roland. “Death of the Author” on Canvas
- Barthes, Roland. ” Novels and Children” from Mythologies on Canvas
April 11th: NO CLASS Meeting–Away for Conference
READ: Knoblauch. Ch. 4 and Ch. 5
April 18th: Feminisms, Rhetorics, Herstories
April 25th: Knoblauch. Ch. 6, 7, and “Afterword”
Last Day of Class—Rhetoric/al Projects Due (On Canvas)
May 2nd: Final Exam Day–Presentations