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RHETORICAL THEORY
ENG 211: RHETORIC
T H U R S D AY J A N U A R Y 2 1 2 0 1 6
TEACHING DEMOS
BY FACULTY CANDIDATES
Thursday 1/28: G Patterson: Specialist in Rhetoric and
Gender/Sexuality Studies. Specialized in Gender Identity and
Rhetoric.
Tuesday 2/2: Mark Bernard: Specialist in Film and Mass
Media. Broad Teaching Background. Researches Horror Films.
2/4: Mariana Grohowski: Specialist in Rhetoric and
Composition Studies. Researches Military Veterans and
Rhetoric & Writing.
50 CE TO 400 CE:
THE SECOND
SOPHISTIC AGE
THE GRECO-ROMAN WORLD
THE SUBLIME
The use of language to momentarily list the
audience members outside of themselves.
Has natural and artistic qualities.
Natural qualities include the speakers passion and
great thoughts.
Artistically, the sublime can be achieved through
figures of speech and thought, diction, and
composition.
Typically the sublime uses amplification to creating an
ascending order of great thoughts and passion.
BELLETRISTIC
MOVEMENT:
T
H
18 CENTURY
E X PA N D E D F O C U S , B U T M A I N TA I N E D A
H E AV Y E M P H A S I S O N S T Y L E A N D
D E L I V E R Y.
ELOCUTIONARY MOVEMENT:
18 TH & 19 TH CENTURIES
Focused almost entirely on delivery.
Two main schools of thought, focused on natural and
mechanical approaches.
Natural: conventional, plain style
Mechanical: systematic, adhering to rules.
H USaw
GH B
L AI R
grandeur
and sublimity
as synonymous.
it is not easy to describe
the precise impression
which great and sublime
objects make upon us, when
we behold them.
Gives rise to a mixture of
delight, awfulness, and
solemnity.
Often found in nature.