ENGL 309A
309A S19 McDonald
Course Schedule
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Week |
Module |
Readings and Other Assigned Material |
Activities and Assignments |
End/Due Date |
Weight (%) |
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Week 1 |
Module 1: Introduction |
Familiarize yourself with the key concepts covered in the course by reviewing the Glossary |
Introduce Yourself |
Sunday, May 10, 2019 at 11:55 PM |
Ungraded |
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Week 2 |
Module 3: Aristophanes |
Reading Responses:Aristophanes Aristophanes, "Clouds" from The Complete Plays of Aristophanes. BantamBooks, Inc., 1984. 102-141. |
Friday, May 17, 2019 at 11:55 PM |
Contributes to 20% of your final grade |
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Participation in the “Blogora” Class Discussion: Blogora 1 |
Friday, May 17, 2019 at 11:55 PM |
2% (Complete 5 of 10 over the course of the term) |
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Week 3 |
Module 4: Aristotle |
Aristotle. "Rhetoric." from The Rhetorical Tradition: Readings from Classical Times to the Present 2nd Edition. Ed. Patricia Bizzell and Bruce Herzberg. Bedford Books, 2001. 179-187. |
Reading Responses: Aristotle |
Friday, May 24, 2019 at 11:55 PM |
Contributes to 20% of your final grade |
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Participation in the “Blogora” Class Discussion: Blogora 2 |
Friday, May 24, 2019 at 11:55 PM |
2% (Complete 5 of 10 over the course of the term) |
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Week 4 |
Module 5: Cicero |
Cicero, "Excerpts" from Of Oratory" from from The Rhetorical Tradition: Readings from Classical Times to the Present 2nd Edition. Ed. Patricia Bizzell and Bruce Herzberg. Bedford Books, 2001. 289-320. |
Reading Responses: Cicero |
Friday, May 31, 2019 at 11:55 PM |
Contributes to 20% of your final grade |
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Participation in the “Blogora” Class Discussion: Blogora 3 |
Friday, May 31, 2019 at 11:55 PM |
2% (Complete 5 of 10 over the course of the term) |
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Week 5 |
Module 6: Quintilian |
Quintillian, "Institutes of Oratory" from from The Rhetorical Tradition: Readings from Classical Times to the Present 2nd Edition. Ed. Patricia Bizzell and Bruce Herzberg. Bedford Books, 2001. 379-400, 412-428. |
Reading Responses: Quintilian |
Friday, June 7, 2019 at 11:55 PM |
Contributes to 20% of your final grade |
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Participation in the “Blogora” Class Discussion: Blogora 4 |
Friday, June 7, 2019 at 11:55 PM |
2% (Complete 5 of 10 over the course of the term) |
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Week 6 |
Module 7: Augustine |
Augustine, "Preface, Book IV" from On Christian Doctrine. |
Reading Responses: Augustine |
Friday, June 14, 2019 at 11:55 PM |
Contributes to 20% of your final grade |
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Participation in the “Blogora” Class Discussion: Blogora 5 |
Friday, June 14, 2019 at 11:55 PM |
2% (Complete 5 of 10 over the course of the term) |
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Week 7 |
Module 8: Capella and Shakespeare |
Miller, Joseph M. "The Marriage of Philology and Mercury" from Readings in Medieval Rhetoric. Indiana U Press, 1973. 1-5. |
Reading Responses: Capella and Shakespeare |
Friday, June 21, 2019 at 11:55 PM |
Contributes to 20% of your final grade |
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Participation in the “Blogora” Class Discussion: Blogora 6 |
Friday, June 21, 2019 at 11:55 PM |
2% (Complete 5 of 10 over the course of the term) |
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Module 9: Priscian and Shakespeare |
Priscian. "Fundamentals Adapted from Hermogenes" from Readings in Medieval Rhetoric. Indiana University Press, 1973. 5268. |
Reading Responses: Priscian and Shakespeare |
Friday, June 21, 2019 at 11:55 PM |
Contributes to 20% of your final grade |
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Week 8 |
Module 10: Trebizond and Shakespeare |
George of Trebizond, "Five Books on Rhetoric, Praise of Eloquence" from Renaissance Debates on Rhetoric, Wayne A. Rebhorn. Cornell University Press, 2000. 2734. |
Reading Responses: Trebizond and Shakespeare |
Friday, June 28, 2019 at 11:55 PM |
Contributes to 20% of your final grade |
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Participation in the “Blogora” Class Discussion: Blogora 7 |
Friday, June 28, 2019 at 11:55 PM |
2% (Complete 5 of 10 over the course of the term) |
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Week 9 |
Module 11: Scudéry and Shakespeare |
Scudéry, Madeleine De. "On Conversation" from Rhetorical Theory by Women Before 1900 an Anthology, Jane Donawerth. Rowman & Littlefield, 2002. 84-90. |
Reading Responses: Scudéry and Shakespeare |
Friday, July 5, 2019 at 11:55 PM |
Contributes to 20% of your final grade |
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Participation in the “Blogora” Class Discussion: Blogora 8 |
Friday, July 5, 2019 at 11:55 PM |
2% (Complete 5 of 10 over the course of the term) |
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Week 10 |
Module 12: Cavendish and Shakespeare |
Cavendish, Margaret. "The Worlds of Olio" from Rhetroical Theory by Women Before 1900 an Anthology, Jane Donawerth. Rowman & Littlefield, 2002. 46-58. |
Reading Responses: Cavendish and Shakespeare |
Friday, July 12, 2019 at 11:55 PM |
Contributes to 20% of your final grade |
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Participation in the “Blogora” Class Discussion: Blogora 9 |
Friday, July 12, 2019 at 11:55 PM |
2% (Complete 5 of 10 over the course of the term) |
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Week 11 |
Module 13: Edgeworth and Shakespeare |
Edgeworth, Maria. "An Essay on the Noble Science of Self-Justication" from Rhetorical Theory by Women Before 1900 an Anthology, Jane Donawerth. Rowman & Littlefield, 2002. 131-140. |
Reading Responses: Edgeworth and Shakespeare |
Friday, July 19, 2019 at 11:55 PM |
Contributes to 20% of your final grade |
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Participation in the “Blogora” Class Discussion: Blogora 10 |
Friday, July 19, 2019 at 11:55 PM |
2% (Complete 5 of 10 over the course of the term) |
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Week 12 |
Module 14: Hopkins and Shakespeare |
Hopkins, Gerard Manley. Poems. Oxford University Press, 1986. 110-119,128129,132-133,174-175,180181,184. |
Reading Responses: Hopkins and Shakespeare |
Friday, July 26, 2019 at 11:55 PM |
Contributes to 20% of your final grade |
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Essay |
Friday, July 26, 2019 at 11:55 PM |
30% |
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Final Examination |
40% |
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Who and Why |
Contact Details |
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Instructor
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Instructor: Michael MacDonald, Associate Professor m2macdon@uwaterloo.caYour instructor checks email and the Ask the Instructor discussion topic* frequently and will make every effort to reply to your questions within 24–48 hours, Monday to Friday. |
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Course Description and Learning Outcomes
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Course Description
“Study of rhetorical theories from antiquity through the Renaissance to the eighteenth century, with an emphasis on how these theories reflect changing attitudes towards language, society, and the self.”
The systematic study of effective composition, argument, and persuasion—the art of rhetoric—dates back at least to the epics of Homer and flourishes today in countless academic disciplines and spheres of social life. In fact, the historical “empire” of rhetoric is so vast in historical and geographical scope that it “digests regimes, religions, and civilizations” (Roland Barthes). With this context in mind, this course introduces students to the basic concepts, issues, and controversies in the history and theory of rhetoric by analyzing selections from key texts from antiquity to the eighteenth century. After tracing out the origins and development of rhetoric in ancient Greece and Rome, the course charts the metamorphoses of the ars rhetorica through the Middle Ages, Renaissance, and Enlightenment. In addition to demonstrating the centrality of rhetoric to a variety of academic disciplines and social fields (law, politics, philosophy, literature, feminism, and others), the course will also show that rhetoric is not merely an art of stylistic ornamentation but an inventive, critical, and multidisciplinary enterprise that continues to shape our social reality.
Learning Outcomes
After successful completion of this course, you should be able to
- describe the basic outlines of the history of rhetoric;
- define basic concepts of rhetorical theory and criticism;
- assess how rhetoric functions in a variety of academic disciplines and social fields;
- and analyze and criticize texts and multimedia artefacts from a rhetorical perspective.
This online course was developed by Michael MacDonald, with instructional design and multimedia development support provided by the Centre for Extended Learning. Further media production was provided by Instructional Technologies and Multimedia Services.
About the Course Author
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Michael MacDonald
Educational Background
- BA, English, University British Columbia
- MA, Rhetoric, University of California at Berkeley
- PhD, Rhetoric, University of Calfornia at Berkeley
Current Research
Research interests include the history and theory of rhetoric, rhetoric and philosophy, and media studies. I am the editor of the Oxford Handbook of Rhetorical Studies (1200 pages), which includes 60 chapters that trace the evolution of rhetoric across disciplines from Greek antiquity to the present day.
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Philosophy of Teaching
My philosophy of teaching emphasizes the close reading of primary texts and takes an interdisciplinary approach to rhetoric that encourages students to draw their own connections between rhetoric and other fields in the sciences and humanities.
Hobbies/Interests/Sports
When not involved in research, I enjoy exercising, cooking, playing the drums, and composing music.
Family/Children/Travel
I am married, and often travel to my wife's home city of Chicago, where I also taught for a number of years (at the University of Illinois at Chicago). I enjoy traveling to Europe for conferences and lectures, and I taught for a semester at the American University of Paris.
Materials and Resources
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Textbook
Recommended
1. Course package for ENGL 309A.
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Grade Breakdown
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The following table represents the grade breakdown of this course.
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Activities and Assignments |
Weight (%) |
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Introduce Yourself |
Ungraded |
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Participation in the "Blogora" Class Discussion |
10% |
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Reading Responses |
20% |
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Essay |
30% |
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Final Examination |
40% |
Course Policies
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This course requires regular access to the Waterloo LEARN course site. Your instructor will use this site for communicating important information concerning course matters, returning graded assignments, etc. A reliable internet connection and regular checking of the course site (at least twice a week) is therefore mandatory.
Late Policy
Unless an extension has been requested and granted in advance, the professor reserves the right to subtract 5% (per day) from the assignment grade.
Late Reading Responses and Blogora posts will NOT BE ACCEPTED.
Collegiality
Students are expected to be informed, attentive, and collegial.
University Policies
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Submission Times
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Accommodation Due to Illness
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Missed Assignments/Tests/Quizzes
Contact the instructor as soon as you realize there will be a problem, and preferably within 48 hours, but no more than 72 hours, have a medical practitioner complete a Verification of Illness Form.
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Missed Final Examinations
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Turnitin
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Discipline
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Appeals
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Final Grades
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