30356 - History of Classic Rhetoric (1) (LM)

Academic Year 2009/2010

  • Docente: Lucia Montefusco
  • Credits: 6
  • SSD: L-FIL-LET/05
  • Language: Italian
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Philology, Literature and Classical Tradition (cod. 0970)

Learning outcomes

 

Course contents

The course, which will be hold il the first semester, presupposes the knowledge of the rhetorical precepts as they are taught in the handbooks. Now we will only deal with the logical processes of the rhetorical argumentation. Induction and deduction will be studied on the basis of Aristotle's discussions in the Rhetoric, in the Analytics and in the Topics. 

Readings/Bibliography

Aristotle: selected passages from Rhetoric, Topics, Analytics

Teaching methods

Teacher's lessons. Students should attend the lessons.

Assessment methods

Oral interview at the end of the course

Teaching tools

Texts, photocopies and bibliography will be indicated during the classes.

Office hours

See the website of Lucia Montefusco