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Campus | Bryn Mawr |
Semester | Fall 2021 |
Registration ID | CSTSB210001 |
Course Title | The Arts of Persuasion |
Credit | 1.00 |
Department | Classical Studies |
Instructor | Romano,Carman |
Times and Days | MW 01:10pm-02:30pm
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Room Location | TAYSEM |
Additional Course Info | Class Number: 2015 In this course, we will read ancient Greek and Latin material not as passive vehicles but as agents. Indeed, we will assume that the authors of what we now call “literature” and the characters embedded within it aimed to convince, persuade, and cajole their ancient audience members and that they retain the power to convince us, too. Although this course focuses on primary sources in translation, secondary readings will support our understanding of their cultural context. We will engage with a broad constellation of ancient material, from explicitly argumentative forensic speeches and philosophy to subtly discursive scenes of seduction. Throughout the semester, we will keep in mind not only the goal of an author or character’s persuasive speech, but analyze how he or she modulates her rhetoric to convince a peer, a superior, a group, or even a god! Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); Enrollment Cap: 40. |
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