Mar 28, 2024  
OHIO University Graduate Catalog 2020-21 
    
OHIO University Graduate Catalog 2020-21 [Archived Catalog]

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COMS 6330 - Modern Rhetoric


Aims, tasks, and significance of rhetoric in relation to human communication processes. Distinctions among speculative, critical, canonical, and performative perspectives in rhetorical inquiry.

Requisites:
Credit Hours: 4
Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 seminar
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Students will be able to differentiate specific rhetorical positions taken by such theorists as Campbell, Blair, and Whately.
  • Students will be able to recognize major shifts in rhetorical theorizing in moving from classical to more contemporary understandings of rhetoric’s role.
  • Students will recognize differences between speculative, critical, canonical and performative approaches as reflected in the modern period.



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