ENGL 6166-090 syllabus (2020)
Major Assignments
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January 13th: Introduction to Course
Read Isaac Asimov’s article “Cult of Ignorance” (1 page)
-and- Plato’s Phaedrus (kind of long)
-and- Gorgias’ “Encomium of Helen” (very short)
January 20th: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day—University Closed
January 27th: Aristotle’s On Rhetoric Book 1
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February 3rd: Aristotle’s On Rhetoric Books 2 & 3
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February 10th: St. Augustine’s On Christian Doctrine [Rhetoric]
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February 17th: Knoblauch. Ch. 1, 2, and 3 (pp. 1-75)
February 24th: Descartes, Rene, Discourse on Method
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Les Miserables Selections
Vol 2: Cosette, Book 1: Waterloo, Ch. 17
Vol 2: Cosette, Book 1: Waterloo, Ch. 18
Vol 5: Jean Valjean, Book 1: War Between 4 Walls, Ch. 5
Vol 5: Jean Valjean, Book 1: War Between 4 Walls, Ch. 20
Midterm Mini-Rhetorical Analysis Due
March 1st – March 8th: No Class—Spring Break
March 9th: Mary Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Women
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March 16th: Nietzsche’s Use and Abuse of History
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March 23rd: Knoblauch. Ch. 4 and 5 (pp. 76-129)
- Barthes, Roland. “Death of the Author” on Canvas
- Barthes, Roland. ” Novels and Children” from Mythologies on Canvas
March 30th: Jacques Derrida’s Positions
April 6th: Jean-Francois Lyotard’s The Postmodern Condition
April 13th: Umberto Eco & Jean Baudrillard
April 20th: TBA—Definitely on Canvas
- Fredric Jameson’s “The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism”
- Roland Barthes’s Mythologies
- Martin Heidegger “The Question Concerning Technology”
- Judith Butler’s “Performative Acts and Gender Constitution”
- Slavoj Zizek’s “The Totalitarian Invitation to Enjoyment”
- Jodi Dean “Enjoying Neoliberalism”
April 27th: Last Day of Class—Rhetoric/al Projects Due
Knoblauch. Ch. 6, 7, and “Afterword” (pp. 130-200)
May 4th: Final Exam Day–Presentations