ENGL 406
Advanced Rhetorical Study
Fall 2020
Topics
- Political rhetoric
- Bullshit and political discourse
- Scapegoating and negative partisanship
- Rhetorical figures and form
- Burke’s pentad
Readings
- Counterstatement
- The Philosophy of Literary Form
- Additional scholarly articles, media examples, and presidential/vice-presidential debates assigned through LEARN.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- syllabus ↗Fall 2020