Wk1: Introduction: “Thinking Beyond Aristotle”
T 1/12/16
- Introduction to Course Concepts and Methods
- Mao “Thinking Beyond Aristotle” (CL)
- Hesford “Global Turns and Cautions” (CL)
- Smith “Imperialism, History, Writing, and Theory” (CL)
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Wk2: Reassembling the Classical
T 1/19/16
- Kennedy Comparative Rhetoric (Prologue, ch. 9) (CL)
- Lyon “'Why Do the Rulers Listen to the Wild Theories ...?'” (ANGR)
- Borrowman “Recovering the Arabic Aristotle” (CL)
- Al-Musawi “Arabic Rhetoric” (for reference) (CL)
Due: Exploratory 1 (part I due in class, part II due on blog by 3:35 p.m. on 1/21)
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Wk3: Reassembling the Classical (cont'd)
T 1/26/16
- Kennedy Comparative Rhetoric (ch. 6, 8) (CL)
- Stroud “Argument in Classical Indian Philosophy” (ANGR)
- or Lloyd “Rethinking Rhetoric from an Indian Perspective” (CL)
- Baddar “Toward a New Understanding of Audience” (CL)
Due: 2 Backgrounders (in class and to Canvas) / AR & MM
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Wk4: Reading Symbols without Terms
T 2/2/16
- newly added: Lipson and Binkley “Introduction” -- any 10 pages between pp. 3-25 (ANGR)
- Baca “Preface” (ROTA)
- Gries “Un-Covering Rhetorical Action In Moche Burial Rituals” (ROTA)
- Brandenburg “In Search of the Invisible World” (ROTA)
Due: Exploratory 2 (part I due in class, part II due on blog by 3:35 p.m. on 2/5)
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Wk5: Reading Symbols without Terms (cont'd)
T 2/9/16
- Lipson “Rhetoric and Identity” (ANGR)
- Liu and You “Reading the Heavenly Mandate” (ANGR)
- Ochieng “The Ideology of African Philosophy” (CL)
Due: 2 Backgrounders (in class and to Canvas) / SM & TM
Article Assessment #1 due to Canvas by Friday, February 12, 12:00 p.m. (noon)
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Wk6: Resisting Colonization
T 2/16/16
- Mao “Rhetorical Borderlands” (read Section III) (Web)
- Xiao “China Encounters Darwinism” (CL)
- You “Ideology, Textbooks, and the Rhetoric of Production in China” (Web)
Due: 1 Backgrounder (in class and to Canvas) / MD
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Wk7: Resisting Colonization (cont'd)
T 2/23/16
- Shome “Postcolonial Interventions and the Rhetorical Canon” (CL)
- Nordstrom “Rhetoric and Resistance in Hawai'i” (ROTA)
- Young “Reading Hawai'i's Asian-American Literacy Narratives” (CL)
Due: Exploratory 3 (part I due in class, part II due on blog by 3:35 p.m. 2/26)
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Wk8: Reconfiguring Feminist Paradigms
T 3/1/16
- Hesford and Schell “Configurations of Transnationality” (Web)
- Jarratt “Beside Ourselves” (CL)
- Dingo “Linking Transnational Logics” (Web)
Midterm Exam distributed in class (due 3:35 p.m. on 3/8, but can be completed within 48 hours)
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Wk9: Spring Break
No classes scheduled, but midterm exam due to Canvas by 3:35 p.m. on 3/8.
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Wk10: Reconfiguring Feminist Paradigms (cont'd on blog)
T 3/15/16
- Richards “Cyborgs on the World Stage” (CL)
- Kuehl “Toward a Feminist Theory of Global Citizenship” (CL)
- Maitra “The Questions of Identity and Agency” (CL)
In lieu of class, analytic blog post due by 9:00 a.m. on 3/16
Topical Bibliography due to Canvas on Friday, March 18, 12:00 p.m. (noon)
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Wk11: Defining Globalization
T 3/22/16
- Campbell “Rhetoric from the Ruins of African Antiquity” (Web)
- Marback Managing Vulnerability (chs. 4 and either 5 or 6) (MV)
- Ahluwalia “The Struggle for African Identity” (CL)
Due: 2 Backgrounders (in class and to Canvas) / SL & AE
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Wk12: Defining Globalization (cont'd)
T 3/29/16
- Arnold “The Worst Part of the Dead Past” (Web)
- Fatima “Muslim-American Scripts” (CL)
- Cooper “Nonessentialist Identity and the National Discourse” (CL)
Due: Exploratory 4 (part I due in class, part II due on blog by 3:35 p.m. on 4/1)
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Wk13: Defining Globalization (cont'd)
T 4/5/16
- Rhetoric Society Quarterly 43.3 (special issue on “Comparative Rhetoric”) - Introductory essay + Response essay, plus select any 1 of the essays in the journal (Web)
- Scenters-Zapico “Rhetorical Realities of Electronic Literacy Sponsors” (ROTA)
Article Assessment #2 due to Canvas by Friday, April 8, 12:00 p.m. (noon)
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Wk14: RNF Preparation
T 4/12/16
- discussion, concept review, conferences
Wk15: RNF Symposium
T 4/19/16
- RNF Symposium (in WMS 013, with a small audience)
Due: Presentation Materials (in class and to Canvas)
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Exam Week
T 4/26/16
Final Submission of Critical Forms (due to Canvas, by 3:35 p.m.)
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