ENG 6315 Classical Rhetorical Theory
Treats major Greek and Roman thinkers who were the first in the West to seek an understanding of the power of human speech (logos) and its proper management in poetry, philosophy and oratory. Texts of Gorgias, Plato, Aristotle and Cicero are studied and comparisons are made between them and selected representatives of medieval (e.g. Augustine), modern and postmodern rhetorical theory (e.g. Nietzsche and Derrida).