Mar 29, 2024  
2012-13 NSU Graduate Catalog 
    
2012-13 NSU Graduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

COMM 5203 - Rhetorical Theory I

3 Hours. This class examines persuasion from a humanistic/philosophical perspective.  Though the class begins by examining some classical rhetorical theory, it focuses primarily on contemporary rhetoric.  A typical list of theorists examined include: Plato, Aristotle, Kenneth Burke, Richard Weaver, Walter Fisher, Earnest Bormann, Lloyd Bitzer, and I.A. Richards.