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Facultas Philosophiae
-subject: Rhetorica
-subject: Philosophia Antiqua
Rhetorica
In ancient societies rhetoric had a very central position in man's life. Defending oneself in courts, understanding what others said in public, pursuing one's own career, giving funeral oration to one's parents or even to entertain one's guests required skills in rhetoric. In our times rhetoric is usually labelled to be something negative, and especially in academic world there is little recognition for the fact that style and delivery are part of the message, and that even "no-style" scientific text is one style of text itself. rhetoric in Academia Thules has its goal to familiarize the student into history and theory of ancient rhetoric.
Structure of required studies in rhetoric
0. Preliminary studies
RHE-P-1, Introduction to ancient rhetoric, 1 cr.
1. Basic studies
RHE-B-1, Basics of rhetoric, 1 cr.
2. Intermediate studies
RHE-I-1, Cicero, 3 cr.
RHE-I-2, Quintilianus, 3 cr.
0. Preliminary studies
As an entry requirement to start studies at the rhetoric, students need to take book exam RHE-P-1.
-course title: Introduction to ancient rhetoric
-course code: RHE-P-1
-type of course: book exam
-level of course: Introductory / Preliminary
-year of study: 1st
-semester/trimester: all
-number of credits allocated: 1cr
-name of the lecturer: Mikko Sillanpää
-objective of the course: An entry requirement to start studies at the rhetoric. The student is expected to understand broad lines of history of rhetoric as well as to understand some basic concepts of theory of rhetoric.
-prerequisites: none
-course contents: Kennedy, George A. : A new history of classical rhetoric. Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ 1994.
-recommended reading: see above
-teaching methods: book exam
-assessment methods: standard book exam
-language of instruction: English
1. Basic studies
RHE-B-1 is mandatory for all students studying rhetoric. The aim of the basic studies in rhetoric is to familiarize the student more deeply with the theory and practise of ancient rhetoric as well as offer more detailed look into the history of rhetoric. This knowledge is needed at Intermediate level to understand primary sources as well as modern research.
-course title: Basics of rhetoric
-course code: RHE-B-1
-type of course: book exam
-level of course: Basic
-year of study: 1st
-semester/trimester: all
-number of credits allocated: 1cr
-name of the lecturer: Mikko Sillanpää
-objective of the course: The student is expected to understand well basic parts of theory of rhetoric.
-prerequisites: none
-course contents: The student should read from: Handbook of Classical Rhetoric in the Hellenistic Period 330 B.C. - A.D. 400. (Porter, Stanley E. Brill, Leiden 1997), the following chapters:
Kennedy, George A. : Historical Survey of Rhetoric, 3-41.
Kennedy, George A. : The Genres of Rhetoric, 43-50.
Wuellner, Wilhelm : Arrangement, 51-87.
Heath, Malcolm. : Invention, 89-119.
Rowe, Galen O. : Style, 121-157.
Olbricht, Thomas H. : Delivery and Memory, 159-167.
-recommended reading: see above
-teaching methods: book exam
-assessment methods: standard book exam
-language of instruction: English
-course title: History of Greek Rhetoric
-course code: RHE-B-2
-type of course: book exam
-level of course: Basic
-year of study: 1st
-semester/trimester: all
-number of credits allocated: 1-2cr
-name of the lecturer: Mikko Sillanpää
-objective of the course: The student is expected to understand history of Greek rhetoric. If student chooses Cole in RHE-B-2 he needs to take also Wooten from RHE-I-4 for RHE-B-2 to acquire enough credits into basic studies. In that case the student cannot use Wooten for his Intermediate level studies and needs to choose another alternative for himself if doing RHE-I-4.
-prerequisites: none
-course contents: Cole, Thomas: The origins of rhetoric in ancient Greece. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore MA 1991. (1cr) OR
Kennedy, G.A.: The Art of Persuasion in Ancient Greece. (2cr)
-recommended reading: see above
-teaching methods: book exam
-assessment methods: standard book exam
-language of instruction: English
-course title: History of Roman Rhetoric
-course code: RHE-B-3
-type of course: book exam
-level of course: Basic
-year of study: 1st
-semester/trimester: all
-number of credits allocated: 2cr
-name of the lecturer: Mikko Sillanpää
-objective of the course: The student is expected to understand history of Roman rhetoric.
-prerequisites: none
-course contents: Kennedy, George Alexander: The art of rhetoric in the Roman world, 300 B.C. - A.D. 300. A history of rhetoric Volume II. Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ 1972.
-recommended reading: see above
-teaching methods: book exam
-assessment methods: standard book exam
-language of instruction: English
2. Intermediate studies
RHE-I-1 and RHE-I-2 are mandatory for all students taking intermediate level courses in rhetoric. After these are done the student can continue his studies by reading modern research about ancient rhetoric. The aim of the intermediate studies is to familiarize the student into the primary sources of Roman rhetoric.
-course title: Cicero and theory of rhetoric
-course code: RHE-I-1
-type of course: book exam
-level of course: Intermediate
-year of study: 1st
-semester/trimester: all
-number of credits allocated: 3cr
-name of the lecturer: Mikko Sillanpää
-objective of the course: The student is expected to understand Cicero's views about theory of rhetoric.
-prerequisites: none
-course contents:
De inventione: Hubbell, H.M. (transl.): Cicero in Twenty-Eight Volumes II. Harvard University Press, London 1968.
De oratore 1/2: Rackham, H. (transl.): Cicero De Oratore in two volumes I. Harvard University Press, London 1959 (1942).
De oratore 2/2: Rackham, H. (transl.): Cicero De Oratore in two volumes II. Harvard University Press, London 1960 (1942).
De partitione oratoria: Rackham, H. (transl.): Cicero De Oratore in two volumes II. Harvard University Press, London 1960 (1942).
Brutus: Hendrickson, G.L. (transl.): Cicero Brutus & Orator. Harvard University Press, London 1962 (1939).
Orator: Hubbell, H.M. (transl.): Cicero Brutus & Orator. Harvard University Press, London 1962 (1939).
-recommended reading: see above
-teaching methods: book exam
-assessment methods: standard book exam
-language of instruction: English
-course title: Quintilianus and theory of rhetoric
-course code: RHE-I-2
-type of course: book exam
-level of course: Intermediate
-year of study: 1st
-semester/trimester: all
-number of credits allocated: 3cr
-name of the lecturer: Mikko Sillanpää
-objective of the course: The student is expected to understand Quintilianus' views about theory of rhetoric.
-prerequisites: none
-course contents:
Butler, H.E. (transl.): Quintilian Institutio Oratoria Books I - III. Quintilian I, LCL 124. Harvard University Press, London 1996 (1920).
Butler, H.E. (transl.): Quintilian Institutio Oratoria Books IV - VI. Quintilian II, LCL 125. Harvard University Press, London 1995 (1921).
Butler, H.E. (transl.): Quintilian Institutio Oratoria Books VII - IX. Quintilian III, LCL 126. Harvard University Press, London 1953 (1921).
Butler, H.E. (transl.): Quintilian Institutio Oratoria Books X - XII. Quintilian IV, LCL 127. Harvard University Press, London 1998 (1922).
-recommended reading: As additional reading or as an introduction to Quintilianus' rhetorical theory the student might be interested to read: Kennedy, George Alexander: Quintilian. Twayne Publishers, New York 1969.
-teaching methods: book exam
-assessment methods: standard book exam
-language of instruction: English
-course title: Roman Declamation
-course code: RHE-I-3
-type of course: book exam
-level of course: Intermediate
-year of study: 1st
-semester/trimester: all
-number of credits allocated: 1cr
-name of the lecturer: Mikko Sillanpää
-objective of the course: The student is expected to understand what importance declamation had in the history of Roman rhetoric.
-prerequisites: none
-course contents: Bonner, S. F.: Roman declamation in the late Republic and early Empire. Liverpool university press, Liverpool 1949.
-recommended reading: see above
-teaching methods: book exam
-assessment methods: standard book exam
-language of instruction: English
-course title: Perspectives to rhetoric in modern studies
-course code: RHE-I-4
-type of course: book exam
-level of course: Intermediate
-year of study: 1st
-semester/trimester: all
-number of credits allocated: 3cr
-name of the lecturer: Mikko Sillanpää
-objective of the course: The student is expected to understand different approaches to the rhetoric in modern studies and to be able to compare them against each other. The student is to choose from the list of works at course contents books for worth of 3cr. If the student has already used Wooten for RHE-B-2, then he cannot choose it again here.
-prerequisites: none
-course contents:
Craig, Christopher P.: Form as argument in Cicero's speeches. Scholars Press, Atlanta GA 1993. (1cr)
Leeman, Anton Daniël: Orationis Ratio -the Stylistic Theories and Practice of the Roman Orators, Historians and Philosophers. Adolf M. Hakkert, Amsterdam 1963. (2cr)
May, James M.: Trials of Character -the Eloquence of Ciceronian Ethos. University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill 1988. (1cr)
Wisse, Jakob: Ethos and Pathos -from Aristotle to Cicero. Adolf M. Hakkert, Amsterdam 1989. (2cr)
Wooten, Cecil W. (ed.): The Orator in Action and Theory in Greece and Rome. Brill, Leiden 2001. (1cr)-recommended reading: see above
-teaching methods: book exam
-assessment methods: standard book exam
-language of instruction: English |
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