The assigned readings are to be completed by the day assigned, as they will inform our in-class discussion. You must complete all the assigned readings for the day.

Week One_________________________________________
1/3      M        Course Orientation                   

1/5      W        Rhetoric in Greece

• Katula, R. A. (2003). The origins of rhetoric: literacy and democracy in ancient Greece. In Murphy, J. J & R. A. Katula (Eds.), A synoptic history of classical rhetoric. (pp. 3-19). Mahwah, NJ: Hermagoras Press. 

Week Two_________________________________________
1/10    M        Sophists                         Reading Response A

• Gorgias. Helen. In P.P. Matsen, P. Rollinson, & M. Sousa (Eds.), Readings from classical rhetoric. (pp. 33-36). Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press.
• Alcidamas. Concerning those who write written speeches, or concerning sophists. In P.P. Matsen, P. Rollinson, & M. Sousa (Eds.), Readings from classical rhetoric. (pp. 37-42). Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press. 

1/12    W        Isocrates                      Reading Response B                                         

• Isocrates. Against the sophists. In P.P. Matsen, P. Rollinson, & M. Sousa (Eds.), Readings from classical rhetoric. (pp. 45-46). Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press.
• Isocrates. Antidosis. In P.P. Matsen, P. Rollinson, & M. Sousa (Eds.), Readings from classical rhetoric. (pp. 47-57). Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press.

Week Three_________________________________________
1/17    M        NO CLASS—MLK DAY

1/19    W        Isocrates                      Reading Response C

• Clark, N. (1996). The critical servant: An Isocratean contribution to critical rhetoric. Quarterly Journal of Speech, 82, 111-124. 

Week Four_________________________________________
1/24    M         Plato                             Reading Response A

• Plato. Gorgias. In P.P. Matsen, P. Rollinson, & M. Sousa (Eds.), Readings from classical rhetoric. (pp. 58-74). Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press.

1/26        W            Plato                     Reading Response C

• Plato. Phaedrus. In P.P. Matsen, P. Rollinson, & M. Sousa (Eds.), Readings from classical rhetoric. (pp. 75-95). Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press.

Week Five_________________________________________
1/31    M         Plato                             Reading Response B

• Marsh, C. W. (2001). Public relations ethics: Contrasting models from the rhetorics of Plato, Aristotle, and Isocrates. Journal of Mass Media Ethics, 16 (2&3), 78-89.

2/2      W         MID-TERM EXAM

Week Six_________________________________________
2/7      M        Aristotle                        Reading Response C

• Aristotle. Rhetoric. In P.P. Matsen, P. Rollinson, & M. Sousa (Eds.), Readings from classical rhetoric. (pp. 117-135). Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press.

2/9      W        Aristotle                       Reading Response B

• Aristotle. Rhetoric. In P.P. Matsen, P. Rollinson, & M. Sousa (Eds.), Readings from classical rhetoric. (pp. 135-160). Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press.

Week Seven_________________________________________
2/14    M        Aristotle                       Reading Response A

• Troup, C. L. (2009). Ordinary people can reason: A rhetorical case for including vernacular voices in public relations practice. Journal of Business Ethics, 87, 441-443.

2/16    W        Rhetoric in Rome

• Clarke, K. L. (1996). Rhetoric at Rome under the republic. In Rhetoric at Rome: A historical study. 3rd ed. (pp. 10-22). New York: NY: Routledge.

Week Eight_________________________________________
2/21    M        NO CLASS—PRESIDENTS DAY

2/23    W        Cicero                          Reading Response B

• Cicero. De oratore. (J. S. Watson, Trans.). Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press. J. S. Watson.

Week Nine_________________________________________
2/28    M        Cicero                          Reading Response A

• Cicero. De oratore. (J. S. Watson, Trans.). Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press. J. S. Watson.

3/2      W        Cicero                          Reading Response C

• Remer, G. (2010). The classical orator as political representative: Cicero and the modern concept of representation. The Journal of Politics, 72, 1063-1082.

Week Ten_________________________________________
3/7      M        Quintilian                    Reading Response A & B

• Quintilian. Institutio oratoria. In P.P. Matsen, P. Rollinson, & M. Sousa (Eds.), Readings from classical rhetoric. (pp. 209-236). Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press.

3/9      W        Augustine                    Reading Response C

• Augustine, On Christian doctrine. (D. W. Robertson, Trans.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Final Exam_________________________________________

3/14        M            FINAL EXAM, 2:30-4:20 p.m. in CMU 104