Feminist Rhetorics

This schedule is subject to change.

week 1	In-Class Activity	Due
8/25	intro to course
8/27	Traditional and Conceptual, Technical, and Sophistic Rhetoric	- read Kennedy pp ix-52 - bring to class (in your brain or jotted down) your understanding of rhetoric BEFORE you did the reading, and your understanding AFTER you did the reading. Also, consider how the historical information presented can inform your own work and scholarly interrogations.
8/29	Philosophical Rhetoric	- read Kennedy pp 53-97 - bring to class (in your brain or jotted down) your understanding of the issues at stake in the Gorgias (see pp 58-66). How does your conception of rhetoric fit into these issues?
week 2	In-Class Activity	Due
9/1	LABOR DAY	no class--Labor Day (check out this week's reading--it's a lot!)
9/3	Rhetoric in the Roman Period, Literary Rhetoric, Judeo-Christian Rhetoric	- read Kennedy pp 98-182 Pay attention to the different conceptions of rhetoric--that is,in these different time periods how was it understood that one could best persuade? Also, bring one question per chapter that you would like to discuss in class.
9/5	Greek Rhetoric in the Middle Ages, Latin Rhetoric in the Middle Ages, Classical Rhetoric in the Renaissance	- read Kennedy pp 183-258 Pay attention to the different conceptions of rhetoric--that is,in these different time periods how was it understood that one could best persuade? Also, bring one question per chapter that you would like to discuss in class.
week 3	In-Class Activity	Due
9/8	Neoclassical Rhetoric, Classical Rhetoric in the 20th Century	- read Kennedy pp 259-299
9/10	Mapping the Silences, or Remapping Rhetorical Territory	- read Glenn pp ix - 17
9/12	Classical Rhetoric Conceptualized, or Vocal Men and Muted Women Part 1: The Ascendance of Rhetoric, the Greek Rhetorical Tradition	- read Glenn pp 18-49
week 4	In-Class Activity	Due
9/15	Classical Rhetoric Conceptualized, or Vocal Men and Muted Women Part 2: Gender(ed) Dynamics in Greek Society, Woman's Place in Roman Society, Roman Women in the Masculine Sphere	- read Glenn pp 49-73
9/17	Medieval Rhetoric: Pagan Roots, Christian Flowering, or Veiled Voices in the Medieval Rhetorical Tradition	- read Glenn pp 74-117 Donna's Crit
9/19	Inscribed in the Margins: Renaissance Women and Rhetorical Culture Part I	- read Glenn pp 118-141 Jessica's Crit
week 5	In-Class Activity	Due
9/22	Inscribed in the Margins: Renaissance Women and Rhetorical Culture Part II	- read Glenn pp141-172 Lisa S's Crit
9/24	The Implications of a Regendered, Retold Rhetoric, or Against Conclusions	- read Glenn pp173-179 Jared's Crit
9/26	The Implications of Rewriting History	- Glenn, Cheryl. "sex, lies and manuscript: Refiguring Aspasia in the History of Rhetoric." CCC 45.2 (1994): 180-199. Amber's Crit (for Glenn) -Biesecker, Barbara. “Coming to Terms with Recent Attempts to Write Women into the History of Rhetoric.” Philosophy and Rhetoric 25.2 (1992): 140-161.
week 6	In-Class Activity	Due
9/29	Aspasia Debate	Gale, Zin Liu. "Historical Studies and Postmodernism: Rereading Aspasia of Milatus." College English 62.3 (2000): 361-386. Glenn, Cheryl. "Comment: Truth, Lies and Method: Revisiting Feminist Historiography." College English 62.3 (2000): 387-389.
10/1	Rhetorical Criticism	Foss, Sonja K. and Cindy L. Griffin. “A Feminist Perspective on Rhetorical Theory: Toward a Clarification of Boundaries.” Western Journal of Communication 56 (Fall 1992): 330-349. Lauren's Crit (for "A Feminist Perspective") Foss, Sonja K. and Cindy L. Griffin. “Beyond Persuasion: A Proposal for an Invitational Rhetoric.” Communication Monographs 62 (March 1995): 2-18.
10/3	Listening as feminist strategy?	Ballif, Michelle. “What is it That the Audience Wants? Or, Notes Toward a Listening with a Transgendered Ear for (Mis)Understanding.” Journal of Advanced Composition 19 (1999): 51-70. Pearce's Crit (for Ballif) Ratcliffe, Introduction, "Translating Listening into Language and Action" (1-16)
week 7	In-Class Activity	Due
10/6	Defining Rhetorical Listening	Ratcliffe, Chapter 1 (17-46) Daniel's Crit
10/8	Identifying Places of Rhetorical Listening: Identification, Disidentification, and Non-Identification	Ratcliffe, Chapter 2 (47-77) Jodi's Crit
10/10	Listening Metonymically: A Tactic for Listening to Public Debates	Ratcliffe, Chapter 3 (78-100) Sheri's Crit
week 8	In-Class Activity	Due
10/13	Eavesdropping: A Tactic for Listening to Scholarly Discourses	Ratcliffe, Chapter 4 (101-132) Lisa Anderson's Crit
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week 9	In-Class Activity	Due
10/20	Listening Pedagogically: A Tactic for Listening to Classroom Resistance Evelyn Fox Keller	Ratcliffe, Chapter 5 (133-174) Read pp 323-329 in Available Means (Evelyn Fox Keller). Consider how McClintock's understanding of reason ties in with your understanding of a patriarchal rhetoric.
10/22	Belinda from Amber	Belinda from Amber
10/24	Lorde from Sheri	Lorde from Sheri
week 10	In-Class Activity	Due
10/27	Winnemucca from Donna	Winnemucca from Donna
10/29	Woolf from Lisa A.	Woolf from Lisa A.
10/31	hooks from Jared	hooks from Jared
week 11	In-Class Activity	Due
11/3	De Pizan from Lisa S.	De Pizan from Lisa S.
11/5	Alice Walker from Jessica	Alice Walker from Jessica
11/7	Cixous from Jodi	Cixous from Jodi
week 12	In-Class Activity	Due
11/10	Anzaldua from Pearce	Anzaldua from Pearce
11/12	Patricia Williams from Daniel	Patricia Williams from Daniel
11/14	de Beauvoir from Lauren	de Beauvoir from Lauren
week 13	In-Class Activity	Due
11/17	office hours	office hours
11/19	office hours	office hours
11/21	office hours	office hours
Thanksgiving Break--be thankful. dammit.
week 14	In-Class Activity	Due
12/1	Final Project Presentations	Lisa A., Sheri
12/3	Final Project Presentations	Lisa S., Amber
12/5	Final Project Presentations	Jared, Jodi
week 15	In-Class Activity	Due
12/8	Final Project Presentations	Lauren, Jessica
12/10	Final Project Presentations	Daniel, Pearce
12/12	Final Project Presentations	Donna and class evaluations.

hard copy of seminar paper due to my office
by 5pm, Wednesday 12/17.