9/2
Introductions
9/7 – No class – Labor Day
9/8 (NOTE: this is a Tuesday)
Reading: Conley Chapter 1 (pp1-13)
9/9
Reading: Conley Chapter 1 (pp13-24)
9/14
Reading: Aristotle’s Rhetoric, Chapter 1-2 (handout)
9/16
Reading: Conley Chapter 2 (pp29-38)
9/21
Reading: Conley Chapter 2 (pp38-46)
9/23
Reading: Conley Chapter 3 (pp53-63)
9/28
Reading: Conley Chapter 3 (pp63-70)
9/30
Reading: Conley Chapter 4 (pp72-82)
10/5
Reading: Conley Chapter 4 (pp82-101)
10/7
Exam 1 (Conley Chapters 1-4, Aristotle)
10/12
Reading: Conley Chapter 5 (pp109-133)
10/14
Reading: Conley Chapter 5 (pp133-144)
10/19
Reading: Erasmus, De Copia (handout)
10/21
Reading: Conley Chapter 6 (pp151-162)
10/26
Reading: Conley Chapter 6 (pp162-179)
10/28
Reading: Conley Chapter 7 (pp188-199)
11/2
Reading: Conley Chapter 7 (pp199-225)
11/4
Reading: Campbell, Philosophy of Rhetoric (handout)
11/9
Exam 2 (Conley Chapters 5-7, Erasmus, Campbell)
11/11
Reading: Conley Chapter 8 (pp235-241)
11/16
Reading: Conley Chapter 8 (pp241-253)
11/18
Reading: Conley Chapter 9 (pp260-268)
11/23
Reading: Conley Chapter 9 (pp268-282)
11/25 – No class – Thanksgiving Holiday
11/30
Reading: Kenneth Burke, Rhetoric of Motives (pp49-59, handout)
12/2
Reading: Kenneth Burke, Rhetoric of Motives (pp60-78, handout)
12/7
Reading: Conley Chapter 10
12/9
Exam 3 (Conley Chapters 8-10, Burke)