English 576 History and Theories of Rhetoric
Lecture Links
8/31
Borges: "The Analytical Language of John Wilkins"
9/12
Greece and Magna Grecia (the Greek colonies circa 550 B.C.E.
Athenian Government Structures in the Age of Pericles
Dobson's The Greek Orators, at the Perseus Digital Library
"Gorgias," article from The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Reflections on the Encomium of Helen
9/14
On arete: Homer's Greece
Education for arete: the liberal arts education
9/19
Task for today: Golden et al. present Weaver's allegorical reading of the first half (the three speeches on love) of the Phaedrus as uncontroversial; this is actually untrue -- many readers think that this way of reading the Phaedrus is a strained attempt at imposing unity on the work. Your group is assigned one of the first two speeches (Phaedrus/Lysias 27-31; Socrates I 35-41). Can you make the allegory cohere, so that both the sincere and the insincere lover symbolize particular types of rhetor? What are some important issues raised by this reading? What does Plato seem to be saying about rhetoric, if this allegorical meaning is his real intent?
A summary and interpretation of the Phaedrus
9/26
Argument Map of an excerpt from the Phaedrus: "The professors of rhetoric teach an illegitimate art."
Cheat sheets on Phaedrus: McAdon and Murray
9/28
Outline of Aristotle's Rhetoric
10/3
Nixon's "Silent Majority" Speech: 11/3/1969
Cracked.com: Six Habits of Highly Annoying Public Speakers
10/5
Argument Maps from the Phaedrus: 1, 2.
10/10
Hugh Rank: the Intensify/Downplay Schema
The three levels of style, from the Rhetorica ad Herrenium
Standard parts of a speech, according to the classical rhetoricians
10/12
Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends and Influence People (pdf)
Samuel Johnson's Letter to Lord Chesterfield
10/17
A better explanation (than that in Golden 151-2) of Bacon's "Idols of the Mind"
Lakoff, "Language and Woman's Place"; abstract
10/24
Apostrophe cartoons: The Oatmeal, Bob the Angry Flower
In re: Burke: We Are the 99%; We Are the 53%
11/14
YouTube: McLuhan's Wake
Foucault: Zucotti Park, 11/15/11
Toulmin Analysis: Alexandro Quote
11/28
Toulmin analysis practice: Cornwell's Portrait of a Killer
11/30
Gloom and Doom ads: a Facebook conversation
Nietzsche Rhetorical Precis
