Rhetoric Class
Rhetoric is all around us. This course seeks to give students not only a taste of great rhetorical moments in Western history, but also to begin their apprenticeship in practicing the art.
Texts:
• The Office of Assertion by Scott Crider, selections
• Selections of great speeches, from Pericles’ Funeral Oration to JFK’s Inaugural Address.
• Gorgias by Plato, summary/selections