This course is a survey of rhetorical theories from the 5th Century B.C.E. to the present. As a survey course that aims for broad historical coverage, we will study how rhetoric has been theorized and practiced in each of the following periods: Classical, Medieval, Renaissance, Enlightenment, Nineteenth-Century, and Modern/Postmodern.

Course assignments will include the following:

• 1 course paper, written in 2 stages
• Regular WebCT discussion board postings
• MOO session summary
• Presentation
• Take-home final

There are two required texts for the course:

• Bizzell, Patricia, and Bruce Herzberg, eds. The Rhetorical Tradition: Readings from Classical Times to the Present, 2nd edition. Boston, MA: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2001.
• Lucaites, John Louis, Celeste Michelle Condit, and Sally Caudill, eds. Contemporary Rhetorical Theory: A Reader. New York: Guilford Press, 1999.

Please e-mail me at amy.koerber@ttu.edu if you would like more information about the course.

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