Course Description
Readings from the orations and rhetorical writings of Cicero, Quintilian, Seneca Rhetor, and others.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Graduate students are required to direct seminar sessions and write more extensive research papers.
Athena Title
Roman Rhetoric
Prerequisite
LATN 4000 or permission of department
Semester Course Offered
Not offered on a regular basis.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
1. TO IMPROVE SKILLS IN READING AND TRANSLATING EXTENSIVE LATIN TEXTS. 2. TO DEVELOP A KNOWLEDGE OF THE STYLE AND CONTENT OF ROMAN RHETORIC. 3. TO READ THE RHETORICAL PROSE OF CICERO AND OTHERS IN THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE. 4. TO CONSIDER RHETORIC AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF LATIN LITERATURE. 5. TO ENGAGE IN CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF SEMANTIC, SYNTACTIC, GRAMMATICAL, STYLISTIC, AND PROSODIC EVIDENCE IN ORATORY AND RHETORIC. 6. TO LEARN TO PRODUCE WRITING APPROPRIATE TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF ORATORY AND RHETORIC AND TO THE DISCIPLINE OF CLASSICS.
Topical Outline
I. HISTORY OF ANCIENT RHETORIC A. GREEK INFLUENCE 1. ISOCRATES 2. DEMOSTHENES 3. LYSIAS B. EARLY ROMAN RHETORIC 1. FRAGMENTS II. CICERO A. SPEECHES B. WORKS ON ORATORICAL THEORY III. SENECA RHETOR A. FRAGMENTS IV. QUINTILIAN A. TRAINING OF AN ORATOR B. COMPARISON TO ARISTOLE'S RHETORIC V. OTHER LATIN ORATORY A. SPEECHES IN HISTORICAL WORKS B. THE AD HERENNIUM
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