COMM-6250

Rhetorical Theory II

An introduction to modern rhetoric, with an emphasis upon the use of language as a means of generating knowledge and understanding and establishing and maintaining human communities. A study of the rhetorical theories of figures such as Francis Bacon, George Campbell, Richard Whately, Kenneth Burke, C. Perelman, L. Olbrechts-Tyteca, and Michel Foucault. Fall term annually.

3 credit hours