2017-2018 Catalog 
    
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2017-2018 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

GOVT164 CM - Political Rhetoric

This course is devoted principally to examining the classical understanding of political rhetoric and the problems and possibilities connected with it. Readings are Plato’s Gorgias and Aristotle’s Rhetoric. In the final part of the course, some famous speeches from the American political tradition are examined.

Prerequisite: GOVT 020 CM 

Offered: Occasionally

Credit: 1

Course Number: GOVT164 CM