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ARCHIVED 2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
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ENGL 414 - Classical Rhetoric and Democracy in Composition

4.00 credit hours
The origin and development of the arts of rhetoric from the Greek Sophists through Aristotle, through Cicero and Quintilian, to the Medieval trivium. The second half of the course turns to the renewed flourishing of the liberal arts and later reemergence of democracies around the world. Students consider what it means to read, write and speak as ethical citizens who hope to nurture and sustain democratic values.

Prerequisite(s): One 200- or 300-level writing course; ENGL 212  recommended.


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