2019-2020 Academic Catalog 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
2019-2020 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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COM-311 Rhetoric in the Ancient World


GER: TA (Critical, Analytical Interpretation of Texts)
The history of rhetorical theory and practice from 500 BCE to 500 CE. Focus on Greek and Roman relationship of rhetoric to politics, law, religion, philosophy, liberal education and culture along with an examination of the influcence of ancient rhetoric on medieval rhetoric. Readings include selections from the sophists, Isocrates, Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, Quintilian, Tacitus, and Augustine. 4 credits.



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