WTNG 439 - Rhetorical Theory

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Roger Williams University

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Prerequisite: Successful completion of a 200 or 300 Level WTNG course (Corhigher) and at least Junior StandingFulfills a course requirement in the Writing Studies Core ConcentrationThis course traces the rhetorical tradition from the pre-modernperiod to the present, surveying representational, epistemic,performative, and constitutive theories of language whilehighlighting ways that verbal rhetorical theory may be used tointerpret and craft rhetorical performances. Students explore avariety of theoretical concepts-such as the five canons of rhetoric,the stases, copia, kairos, sprezzatura, deduction and induction,dissociation, the Burkian pentad, ideographs, and interpellation-and learn to employ these concepts as tools for understanding howtexts function persuasively and for composing persuasive texts oftheir own. Course readings are organized around a common theme,and, at the end of the semester, students work collaboratively todevelop a colloquium on the course theme.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.rwu.edu

Phone Number:

(401) 253-1040

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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