Fall 2017 - ENGL 214 E100
History and Principles of Rhetoric (3)
Class Number: 3888
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Sep 5 – Dec 4, 2017: Wed, 4:30–6:20 p.m.
Burnaby
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Instructor:
Peter Cramer
pcramer@sfu.ca
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Prerequisites:
Two 100 division English courses.
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
Introduction to the history and principles of rhetoric, and their application to the creation and analysis of written, visual, and other forms of persuasion.
COURSE DETAILS:
Description
This course introduces the precepts and practices of the art of rhetoric from the rhetorical tradition, including kairos, stasis, progymnasmata, controversiae, intrinsic and extrinsic proofs, and the five canons of rhetoric. As a productive art of civic practice, rhetoric has long been concerned with training people to use discourse to participate in public decision making. It has focused on the local traffic of human interactions and the role of discourse in it, emphasizing particular circumstances and particular cases. In the course, we look at situations and cases where people disagree with one another for good reasons and we ask how they use discourse to attempt to persuade each other and change the course of events. We ask how the precepts of rhetoric might help us analyze particular rhetorical artifacts. In the course, students learn about the history, precepts, practices, and canons of rhetoric, and they gain experience using the rhetorical lexicon to analyze cases of public decision making.
COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:
See "Course Details"
Grading
- 25% Rhetorical Analysis 25%
- 25% Test 25%
- 40% Essay 40%
- 10% Participation 10%
Materials
REQUIRED READING:
No textbook. Readings for the course are journal articles and excerpts from primary texts.
Department Undergraduate Notes:
IMPORTANT NOTE Re 300 and 400 level courses: 75% of spaces in 300 level English courses, and 100% of spaces in 400 level English courses, are reserved for declared English Major, Minor, Extended Minor, Joint Major, and Honours students only, until open enrollment begins.
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Registrar Notes:
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