LT192-4-SP-CO:
Introduction to Rhetoric
2015/16
Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies
Colchester Campus
Spring
Undergraduate: Level 4
Current
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Requisites for this module
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LT146
BA W800 Creative Writing,
BA W801 Creative Writing (Including Year Abroad)
This module is only available to Creative Writing (W800) students.
The aim of the module is to introduce students to the usefulness of rhetoric as a way of developing their writing skills (in both creative writing and essays) and of enhancing their reading and study of literature. As well as further exploration of the topics of imagery, style, point of view and structure, following on from LT191 Creative Writing Skills, the module will also address such questions as: awareness of an audience, the different purposes of rhetorical speech-making and writing, the nature of rhetorical argument, techniques of persuasion, the influence of rhetoric on dramatic, poetic and prose writing.
Module Supervisor's Research into Subject Area
"Burlesque rhetoric in Chaucer, Nasche and Sterne," D.Phil thesis, University of Sussex (unpublished)
"The case for sophistry," Rhetoric Revalued, ed. Brian Vickers (Binghampton, N.Y: Medieval and Renaissance Texts, 1982)
"The rhertoric that dare not speak its name," Pre/Text: A Journal of Rhetorical Theory (vol.13, nos. 3-4, Fall-Winter 1992)
"The 'chair of untruthfulness': Augustine, autobiography and rhetoric," Rhetoric: Ancient and Modern, European Humanities Research Centre colloquium (University of Warwick, March 1994)
"John Henry Newman: the reason for rhetoric," International Society for the History of Rhetoric conference (University of Edinburgh, July 1995)
Review of John Poulakos, "Sophistical Rhetoric in Classical Greece", Philosophy and Rhetoric (vol.29, no. 4, 1996)
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Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Essay |
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70% |
| Practical |
Participation |
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5% |
| Practical |
Presentation |
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25% |
Additional coursework information
The essay will be expected to be between 2,000-2,500 words in length.
Class Presentations mark will be based on a aggregate of the four best marks for presentations throughout the term.
Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Dr Roger Moss
LiFTS Taught Team - email liftstt@essex.ac.uk.
Telephone 01206 872626
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Mr Rupert Loydell
Falmouth University
Senior Lecturer
Available via Moodle
No lecture recording information available for this module.
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