793B Schedule, Spring 07

Date
Topics
Readings
2 May
Meet-n-greet; neoAristotelianism, Rhetoric, The Chicago School, New Criticism; Why can't we be friends? Jost, "Introduction," Essential
Cicero, Laelius de Amicitia
9 May
Rhetoric, fiction The rhetoric of fiction
16 May
23 May
Rhetoric, assent Modern dogma and the rhetoric of assent
30 May
6 June
The rhetoric of irony (Stiles, Craig) Essential, 6
13 June
Rhetoric, irony
20 June
Critical understanding (Paul, Irene) Essential, 7
27 June
Pluralism
4 July
The company we keep (Susie, Kathleen) Essential, 9, 10
11 July
Keeping company
18 July
Teaching values Essential, 12, 13
25 July
Where now? Essential, 15, 16, 17
10 August
Course Essay Due