Teaching Plan Lesson No.1 Lecture Schedule:2016-3-2 Course Name Rhetoric Advanced Grade 13 Level of Undergraduate English Writing Specialization Instructor 杨劲 Professional Professor Size of Class S(30students) Classroom 2 松 Tittle Hours Chapter of Lesson English Rhetoric Main Course Advanced English Writing Book ECNUP Reference Books Objective Requirements: Aims:To enable the students to have a clear idea of Rhetoric,which is one of the arts of using language as a means to persuade. Get to know the rhetorical traditions Do what is appropriate for that particular occasion. Guard against the negative influence Contents of Teaching,Timing of Instruction Teaching Methods Contents: 1.What is rhetoric Why we study rhetoric?How we study rhetoric?What is the scope of rhetoric?(15 minutes) 2.Introduction of the history of rhetoric in western civilization:(50 minutes) Introduction of Plato(5 minutes) Introduction of Aristotle(10 minutes) Roman rhetoricians:Cicero(5 minutes) Rhetoric from the Medieval period to the Enlightenment(10 minutes) The English Tradition in the Seventeenth Century(3 minutes) Modern rhetoric:Burke(15 minutes) 3.Summary and Assignments(2 minutes) Teaching Methods: Explanation,talking,discussion,demonstration Key Points Difficult Points: Difficult Points 1.Aristotle's rhetorical appeals 2.Burke's five elements of pentad Important Points: 1.Application of Burke's five elements of pentad 2.Evolution of rhetorical histories Review Comments of Faculty Director: Signature of Faculty Director: Date Month Year Content Aids Methods Time Allocation
Teaching Plan Lesson No. 1 Lecture Schedule：2016-3-2 Course Name Rhetoric & Advanced English Writing Grade 13 Level of Specialization Undergraduate Instructor 杨劲 松 Professional Tittle Professor Size of Class S(30students) Classroom Hours 2 Chapter of Lesson English Rhetoric Main Course Book & Reference Books Advanced English Writing ECNUP Objective & Requirements： Aims: To enable the students to have a clear idea of Rhetoric ,which is one of the arts of using language as a means to persuade. Get to know the rhetorical traditions Do what is appropriate for that particular occasion. Guard against the negative influence Contents of Teaching, Timing of Instruction & Teaching Methods Contents: 1. What is rhetoric ? Why we study rhetoric? How we study rhetoric? What is the scope of rhetoric? (15 minutes) 2. Introduction of the history of rhetoric in western civilization:(50 minutes) Introduction of Plato (5 minutes) Introduction of Aristotle(10 minutes) Roman rhetoricians : Cicero (5 minutes) Rhetoric from the Medieval period to the Enlightenment (10 minutes) The English Tradition in the Seventeenth Century (3 minutes) Modern rhetoric: Burke(15 minutes) 3. Summary and Assignments (2 minutes) Teaching Methods: Explanation, talking, discussion, demonstration Key Points & Difficult Points： Difficult Points 1. Aristotle’s rhetorical appeals 2. Burke’s five elements of pentad Important Points: 1. Application of Burke’s five elements of pentad 2. Evolution of rhetorical histories Review Comments of Faculty Director： Signature of Faculty Director： Date___Month____Year___ Content Aids & Methods & Time Allocation
Greetings CAI What is rhetoric 5 minutes the exaggerated rhetoric of presidential campaigns the rhetoric of film questions and refer:writing course discussion Orign: stepl:start with Greek pnropuos(rhetorikos),"oratorical",(rhetor),"public speaker",verb p(ero):to speak, etymology say step 2:introduce the In its broadest sense:rhetoric concerns human discourse. history of rhetoric Rhetoric is one of the arts of using language as a means to persuade. Along with grammar and logic or dialectic,rhetoric is one of the three ancient arts of discourse. From ancient Greece to the late 19th Century,it was a central part of Western education,filling the need to train public speakers and writers to move audiences to action with arguments. Why we study rhetoric? A Rhetoric is the art of using language effectively Ex. The sports began its commencement with the fine performance of 1000 children. The sports started with the splendid group calisthenics with the fine performance of 1000 children. B:Grammar maps out the possible;rhetoric narrows down the possible to the desirable and effective. 5 minutes Ex Stepl:question and The middle-class American growing up in the United States feels it is his right to have his own room, or at least using part of a room. answer Faulty parallel structure Step2:check the answers How we study rhetoric? Get to know the rhetorical traditions Do what is appropriate for that particular occasion. Guard against the negative influence 5 minutes
Greetings What is rhetoric ? the exaggerated rhetoric of presidential campaigns the rhetoric of film refer: writing course Orign: Greek ῥητορικός (rhētorikós), "oratorical”, (rhḗtōr), "public speaker“, verb ἐρῶ (erô): to speak, say In its broadest sense: rhetoric concerns human discourse. Rhetoric is one of the arts of using language as a means to persuade. Along with grammar and logic or dialectic, rhetoric is one of the three ancient arts of discourse. From ancient Greece to the late 19th Century, it was a central part of Western education, filling the need to train public speakers and writers to move audiences to action with arguments. Why we study rhetoric? A Rhetoric is the art of using language effectively. Ex. The sports began its commencement with the fine performance of 1000 children. The sports started with the splendid group calisthenics with the fine performance of 1000 children. B: Grammar maps out the possible; rhetoric narrows down the possible to the desirable and effective. Ex The middle-class American growing up in the United States feels it is his right to have his own room, or at least using part of a room. Faulty parallel structure How we study rhetoric? Get to know the rhetorical traditions Do what is appropriate for that particular occasion. Guard against the negative influence CAI 5 minutes questions and discussion step1: start with etymology step 2: introduce the history of rhetoric 5 minutes Step1: question and answer Step2: check the answers 5 minutes
Who has the idea of the history of rhetoric in western civilization? 5 minutes P1ato(427-347BC) Question and answer He famously outlined the differences between true and false rhetoric Sophists claimed that human "excellence"was not an accident of fate or a prerogative of noble birth,but an art or"techne"that Invite Plato's ideas could be taught and learned. into the class. Plato Plato claims that since Sophists appeal only to what seems likely or probable,rather than to what is true,they are not at all making their students and audiences"better,"but simply flattering them with what they want to hear. Aristotle Aristotle's treatise on rhetoric is an attempt to systematically describe civic rhetoric as a human art or 10 minutes skill (theme). Questions and answers Application of Aristotle's rhetorical Theory Invite some examples 1)To rhetorical criticism (Five canons;three kinds of appeals) 2)To composition to explain the ethos (and pathos)in introductory part;essay structured as an enthymeme;pathos in concluding part terminologies of logos, 3)To discourse analysis(with respect to three kinds of rhetorical appeals and enthymematic pathos and ethos as structure)(advertisements as examples) well as the concept of enthymeme. Roman rhetoricians Ciceronian means Cicero's eloquent,oratorical manner of writing,which has had an enormous influence on the development of European prose. 5 minutes Question and answer Cicero also left a large body of speeches and letters which would establish the outlines of Latin eloquence and style for generations to come. Quintilian Rhetorical training proper was categorized under five canons that would persist for centuries in academic circle Rhetoric from the Medieval period to the Enlightenment Rhetoric transmuted during this period into the arts of letter writing and sermon writing. As part of the trivium,rhetoric was secondary to the study of logic,and its study was highly scholastic:students were given repetitive exercises in the creation of discourses on historical subjects 10 minutes or on classic legal questions. Question and Rhetoric would not regain its classical heights until the renaissance,but new writings did advance answer:The students rhetorical thought.A number of medieval grammars and studies of poetry and rhetoric appeared. are supposed to describe the pictures and try to compare the differences between the rhetoric from the Medieval and Enlightenment
Who has the idea of the history of rhetoric in western civilization? Plato (427-347 BC) He famously outlined the differences between true and false rhetoric Sophists claimed that human "excellence" was not an accident of fate or a prerogative of noble birth, but an art or "techne" that could be taught and learned. Plato Plato claims that since Sophists appeal only to what seems likely or probable, rather than to what is true, they are not at all making their students and audiences "better," but simply flattering them with what they want to hear. Aristotle Aristotle's treatise on rhetoric is an attempt to systematically describe civic rhetoric as a human art or skill (theme). Application of Aristotle’s rhetorical Theory 1) To rhetorical criticism ( Five canons ; three kinds of appeals) 2) To composition ethos (and pathos) in introductory part;essay structured as an enthymeme; pathos in concluding part ) 3) To discourse analysis (with respect to three kinds of rhetorical appeals and enthymematic structure) ( advertisements as examples) Roman rhetoricians Ciceronian means Cicero's eloquent, oratorical manner of writing, which has had an enormous influence on the development of European prose. Cicero also left a large body of speeches and letters which would establish the outlines of Latin eloquence and style for generations to come. Quintilian Rhetorical training proper was categorized under five canons that would persist for centuries in academic circle Rhetoric from the Medieval period to the Enlightenment Rhetoric transmuted during this period into the arts of letter writing and sermon writing. As part of the trivium, rhetoric was secondary to the study of logic, and its study was highly scholastic: students were given repetitive exercises in the creation of discourses on historical subjects or on classic legal questions . Rhetoric would not regain its classical heights until the renaissance, but new writings did advance rhetorical thought. A number of medieval grammars and studies of poetry and rhetoric appeared. 5 minutes Question and answer Invite Plato’s ideas into the class. 10 minutes Questions and answers Invite some examples to explain the terminologies of logos, pathos and ethos as well as the concept of enthymeme. 5 minutes Question and answer 10 minutes Question and answer:The students are supposed to describe the pictures and try to compare the differences between the rhetoric from the Medieval and Enlightenment
The English Tradition in the Seventeenth Century 3 minutes Francis Bacon The students are Baconian method or simply,the scientific method.His demand for a planned procedure of investigatin g all things natural marked a new turn in the rhetorical and theoretical framework for science,much of supposed to answer which still surrounds conceptions of proper methodology today the question:What is Bacon famous for Modern rhetoric At the turn of the twentieth century,Theorists generally agree that a significant reason for the revival o 15 minutes f the study of rhetoric was the renewed importance of language and persuasion in the increasingly med iated environment of the twentieth century (see Linguistic turn)and through the twenty-first century,w Stepl:brief ith the media focus on the wide variations and analyses of political rhetoric and its consequences.The introduction of Burke rise of advertising and of mass media such as photography,telegraphy,radio,and film brought rhetoric Step2:Brief more prominently into people's lives. introduction of Burke Burke's rhetorical In Burke's philosophy,social interaction and communication should be understood in terms of a penta d,which includes act,scene,agent,agency,and purpose. ideas. He proposed that most social interaction and communication can be approached as a form of drama w hose outcomes are determined by ratios between these five pentadic elements.This has become known as the"dramatistic pentad." Five elements of the pentad 1. Act:What happened?What is the action?What is going on?What action;what thou ghts? 2. Scene:Where is the act happening?What is the background situation? 3 Agent:Who is involved in the action?What are their roles? 4. Agency:How do the agents act?By what means do they act? Purpose:Why do the agents act?What do they want? ent Agenc Summary 1.The students are supposed to know what,why and how do they study rhetoric? Summary 2.The students are supposed to get to know the historians such as Aristotle,Plato,Quintilian and so on 3.Burke's theory is a bit difficult for the students,so more exercises are needed for them
The English Tradition in the Seventeenth Century Francis Bacon Baconian method or simply, the scientific method. His demand for a planned procedure of investigatin g all things natural marked a new turn in the rhetorical and theoretical framework for science, much of which still surrounds conceptions of proper methodology today Modern rhetoric At the turn of the twentieth century, Theorists generally agree that a significant reason for the revival o f the study of rhetoric was the renewed importance of language and persuasion in the increasingly med iated environment of the twentieth century (see Linguistic turn) and through the twenty-first century, w ith the media focus on the wide variations and analyses of political rhetoric and its consequences. The rise of advertising and of mass media such as photography, telegraphy, radio, and film brought rhetoric more prominently into people's lives. Burke In Burke's philosophy, social interaction and communication should be understood in terms of a penta d, which includes act, scene, agent, agency, and purpose. He proposed that most social interaction and communication can be approached as a form of drama w hose outcomes are determined by ratios between these five pentadic elements. This has become known as the "dramatistic pentad." Five elements of the pentad 1. Act: What happened? What is the action? What is going on? What action; what thou ghts? 2. Scene: Where is the act happening? What is the background situation? 3. Agent: Who is involved in the action? What are their roles? 4. Agency: How do the agents act? By what means do they act? 5. Purpose: Why do the agents act? What do they want? Summary 3 minutes The students are supposed to answer the question: What is Bacon famous for ? 15 minutes Step1: brief introduction of Burke Step2: Brief introduction of Burke’s rhetorical ideas. Summary 1. The students are supposed to know what, why and how do they study rhetoric? 2. The students are supposed to get to know the historians such as Aristotle, Plato, Quintilian and so on. 3. Burke’s theory is a bit difficult for the students, so more exercises are needed for them
Application of Burke's theory in discourse analysis Homework Ex1:第一夫人娜娃 巴拉克竞选班子开始使用他们的“秘密武器”一巴拉克夫人娜娃。娜娃是英语老师，也会讲 流利的阿拉伯语。最近，她与前总理佩雷斯参加了一场呼吁阿拉伯裔选民支持巴拉克的竞选活动。 娜娃在用西伯来语发表讲话后，又用阿拉伯语重复了一遍。谈到时13名以色列籍阿拉伯人在去年声 援巴勒斯坦人的示威中被打死一事时，娜娃说：作为母亲，没有比失去自己孩子更痛苦了。所以， 今天我来到这里，分担你们的痛苦，并向所有受难家庭传达我沉痛的悼念。… Ex2:Saddam Hussein's speeches delivered during the Gulf War,trying to unite the Arab world A president speaks to a huge audience:"We are in war." Ex3:购买Marlboro牌香烟的顾客会无意识地想象自己抽烟时像Marlborol广告上那个人那样气质非 凡，风度翩翩。 Key Points of Pre- Rhetoric and writing studying How does rhetoric work in English writing? The classes have been well organized. On one hand,the students are interested in Burke's five elements of penad,on the other hand,some of them are still confused with this method.More exercises Implementation are needed. and Analysis Details will be given in later days
Homework Application of Burke’s theory in discourse analysis Ex1: 第一夫人娜娃 ……巴拉克竞选班子开始使用他们的“秘密武器”—-巴拉克夫人娜娃。……娜娃是英语老师，也会讲 流利的阿拉伯语。最近，她与前总理佩雷斯参加了一场呼吁阿拉伯裔选民支持巴拉克的竞选活动。 娜娃在用西伯来语发表讲话后，又用阿拉伯语重复了一遍。谈到时13名以色列籍阿拉伯人在去年声 援巴勒斯坦人的示威中被打死一事时，娜娃说：作为母亲，没有比失去自己孩子更痛苦了。所以， 今天我来到这里，分担你们的痛苦，并向所有受难家庭传达我沉痛的悼念。…… Ex2: Saddam Hussein’s speeches delivered during the Gulf War, trying to unite the Arab world A president speaks to a huge audience:“ We are in war.” Ex3: 购买Marlboro 牌香烟的顾客会无意识地想象自己抽烟时像Marlboro广告上那个人那样气质非 凡，风度翩翩。 Key Points of Prestudying Rhetoric and writing How does rhetoric work in English writing? Implementation and Analysis The classes have been well organized. On one hand, the students are interested in Burke’s five elements of penad, on the other hand, some of them are still confused with this method. More exercises are needed. Details will be given in later days
