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COMMUNICATION 436:
CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN PUBLIC DISCOURSE
SPRING 2008
Professor: Leah Ceccarelli
Contact:
cecc@u.washington.edu
Office Hours: Wed. 11:30 a.m. - 1:20 p.m. & by
appointment, 145 CMU
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the pdf version of the course schedule.
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the pdf version of the course syllabus.
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the pdf version of the note taking guide.
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the pdf version of the paper writing guide.
Schedule
How to read this schedule: The assignment refers to the material
that should be prepared for that day. This may be a reading assignment, a paper, or
an exam. The pop quizzes are
not included in this schedule because they are not announced. There may be a pop
quiz on any day when there is a reading assignment.
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Jump to Week 1 | 2 | 3
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| 8 | 9 | 10 | Finals
Week 1
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Mon. Mar. 31 |
Orientation to the class |
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Wed. Apr. 2 |
Rhetoric of War: World War II |
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt,
Declaration of War, 8 December 1941,
Context |
Text |
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Fair Play Committee, “Bulletin #3,” 1 March 1944,
Context
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Text |
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James Omura, “Let Us Not Be Rash,” 28 February 1944,
Text |
Week 2
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Mon. Apr. 7 |
Rhetoric of War: Korea |
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Harry S. Truman, Far Eastern Policy Speech, 11 April 1951,
Context |
Text |
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Douglas MacArthur, “Old Soldiers Never Die,” 19 April 1951,
Context
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Text |
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Wed. Apr. 9 |
Rhetoric of War: Cold War |
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Dwight D. Eisenhower, “Atoms for Peace,” 8 December 1953,
Context |
Text |
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John F. Kennedy, Cuban Missile Crisis Address, 22 October 1962,
Context |
Text |
Week 3
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Mon. Apr. 14 |
Rhetoric of War: Vietnam |
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Richard Nixon, “The Great Silent Majority,” 3 November 1969,
Context |
Text |
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John Kerry, Vietnam Veterans against the War Statement, 22 April 1971,
Context |
Text |
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Wed. Apr. 16 |
Rhetoric of War: Terrorism |
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Ronald Reagan, Lebanon and Grenada Speech, 27 October 1983,
Context |
Text |
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George W. Bush, “Axis of Evil” State of the Union Speech, 29 January 2002,
Context |
Text |
Week 4
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Mon. Apr. 21 |
Writing the Rhetorical Criticism Paper |
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Spiro Agnew, “Television News Coverage,” 13 November 1969,
Context |
Text |
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Martin Luther King Jr., “Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” 16 April 1963,
Context |
Text |
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PUZZLE SECTION OF PAPER DUE (3-4 pgs.) |
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Wed. Apr. 23 |
Rhetoric of Political Campaigns: Response to Exigence |
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Richard Nixon, “Checkers,” 23 September 1952,
Context |
Text) |
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John F. Kennedy, Speech to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association, 12
September 1960, Context |
Text |
Week 5
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Mon. Apr. 28 |
Rhetoric of Political Campaigns: Motivating the Party Faithful |
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Ronald Reagan, “A Time For Choosing,” 27 October 1964,
Context |
Text |
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Mario Cuomo, DNC Keynote Address "A Tale of Two Cities," 16 July 1984,
Context |
Text |
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Wed. Apr. 30 |
Rhetoric of Political Campaigns and Review for Midterm |
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Barbara Jordan, DNC Keynote Address, 12 July 1976,
Context |
Text |
Week 6
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Mon. May 5 |
***MIDTERM EXAMINATION*** |
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Wed. May 7 |
Rhetoric of Political Campaigns: Presidential Election 2008 |
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Barack Obama, DNC Keynote Address "The Audacity of Hope," 27 July 2004,
Context |
Text |
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Barack Obama, "A More Perfect Union," 18 March 2008,
Context |
Text |
Week 7
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Mon. May 12 |
Rhetoric of Political Campaigns: Presidential Election 2008 |
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Hillary Clinton, “Women’s
Rights Are Human Rights,” 5 September 1995,
Context |
Text |
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John McCain, Liberty
University Commencement Address, 13 May 2006,
Context |
Text
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Wed. May 14 |
Free Speech and Censorship |
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UW Faculty, “An Open Letter to President Allen,” 7 April 1949,
Context |
Text |
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Raymond Allen, “Communists Should Not Teach in American Colleges,”
May 1949,
Text |
Week 8
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Martin Luther King Jr., “I Have a Dream,” 28 August 1963,
Context |
Text |
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Malcolm X., “The Ballot or the Bullet,” 12 April 1964,
Context |
Text |
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Lyndon B. Johnson, “We Shall Overcome,” 15 March 1965,
Context |
Text |
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Robert F. Kennedy, Remarks on the Assassination of Martin Luther King
Jr., 4 April 1968, Context |
Text |
Week 9
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Mon. May 26 |
NO CLASSES MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY |
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American Indian Movement |
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Indians of All Nations, "The Alcatraz Proclamation," 1969,
Context |
Text |
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Russell Means, "For America to Live, Europe Must Die!," July 1980,
Context |
Text |
Week 10
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Mon. Jun. 2 |
Feminist Rhetoric |
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Shirley Chisholm, “For the Equal Rights Amendment, 10 August 1970,
Context |
Text |
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Eleanor Smeal, “The Feminization of Power,” 8 July 1987,
Context |
Text |
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Wed. Jun. 4 |
Review for Final Exam |
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FINAL PAPER DUE (6-8 pgs.) on Agnew's speech or MLK's letter (see
Week 4 above) |
Finals Week
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Mon. Jun. 9 |
***FINAL EXAMINATION*** |
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