Course Schedule

Unit 1: Introductions

September 7

• Booth, The Rhetoric of Rhetoric (excerpt) [Dropbox]
• Fulkerson, Richard. “Four Philosophies of Composition," “Composition Theory in the Eighties: Axiological Consensus and Paradigmatic Diversity," “Composition at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century.” [Dropbox]

September 14

• Berlin, Rhetoric and Reality
  Synthesis: Amy
  Review: Angela

September 21

• Enculturation Issues 5.1 and 5.2: “Rhetoric/Composition”
• Collaborative Reading and short presentations (no Microtheme Synthesis this week)

Unit 2: Rereading Aristotle

September 28

• Gross, Walker, Fahnestock [Dropbox]
  Synthesis: Frances
  Review: Sarah

October 5

• Aristotle, On Rhetoric: A Theory of Civic Discourse, Introduction, Books 1 and 2 (through page 192)
  Synthesis: Jenn
  Review: Diedre

October 12

• Aristotle, On Rhetoric: A Theory of Civic Discourse, Book 3 and supplemental materials (pp. 193-311)
  Synthesis: Diedre
  Review: Chelsea

Unit 3: Reworking Community

October 19

• Davis, Inessential Solidarity (pp. 1-85)
  Synthesis: Ambar
  Review: Frances

October 26

• Davis, Inessential Solidarity (pp. 86-166)
  Synthesis: Sarah
  Review: Amy

November 2

• Nancy; Geisler (x 2); Lundberg and Gunn [Dropbox]
  Synthesis: Laura
  Review: Naomi, Ambar

November 9

• Burke, A Rhetoric of Motives (pp. 1-182)
  Synthesis: Angela
  Review: Laura

November 16

• Burke, A Rhetoric of Motives (pp. 183-340)
  Synthesis: Neil

***November 23***

• First Submission of Conference Paper Due
• Writing Workshop

Unit 4: Rewriting Vitalism

November 30

• Hawk, A Counter-History of Composition
  Synthesis: Chelsea
  Review: Roland

December 7

• Hawk, A Counter-History of Composition
  Synthesis: Naomi
  Review: Neil

December 14

• Heidegger, Harman, Syverson [Dropbox]
  Synthesis: Roland
  Review: Jenn

***December 21***

• Second Submission of Conference Paper Due