Seminar: Contemporary Rhetorical Theory Welcome to the Home Page for COMM 652, Fall 2012

During the semester various things may be added to this page to assist students. This will include material generated by the instructor and material generated by the students.

Contents

• Information on the Course
• Additional Material for Units of Course
• Study Aids
• Preparation Guides
• Weekly Schedule
• Coherence of Contemporary Rhetorical Theory: By the Seminarists

Syllabus for Fall 2012

Information on the Course

• Basic information on the Course
• Preparing for Seminars
  • Preparting for Inquiry Sessions
  • Preparing to Lead a Seminar
  • Preparing for Argument Sessions
• Assignments
• Information on the Instructor
• Instructor's Office Hours
• Weekly Schedule

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Preparation Guides

• Kenneth Burke and the Symbolic Motivation Move
  • Bibliographic Essay
• Rhetorical Argument Move
  • Bibliographic Essay
• Epistemic Move
  • Bibliographic Essay
• The Public Sphere Move
  • Bibliographic Essay
• The Freedom/Domination Problem: Feminism and Critical Rhetoric
  • Bibliographic Essay
• Identity and Subjectivity Move
  • Bibliographic Essay
• Implicating Morality and History Move
  • Bibliographic Essay
• Critical Theory and Cultural Studies
  • Bibliographic Essay

Additional Material for Units of Course

• A Primer on Theory
• Punctuating Accounts
• Introduction to Contemporary Rhetorical Theory
• Dramatism
• Marxism and Neo-Marxism
• Dialectical Logic
• General Systems Theory
• The -isms

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Study Aids

• Reading Rhetorical Theory
• Doing theoretical research
• Five Skills a Good Theorist Must Master

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