Course - Rhetoric - HFEL0004
HFEL0004 - Rhetoric
About
This course is no longer taught and is only available for examination.
Examination arrangement
Examination arrangement: School exam
Grade: Letter grades
| Evaluation | Weighting | Duration | Grade deviation | Examination aids |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| School exam | 100/100 | 4 hours | E |
Course content
Rhetoric as a discipline originated in classical Athens, where persuasive technique became a prerequisite for the development of democracy, and essential in connection with the ensuing expanding forensic activities. Roman orators and theorists further refined and developed this discipline. Generally, all kinds of oral and written presentation involve, deliberately or not, rhetorical patterns. Rhetorical reflection also integrates elements of philosophy, ethics, semiotics and other humanistic disciplines. But modern forms of communication, e. g. the press, television, the movie industry, advertising, and political debate, in particular, exploit rhetorical persuasive technique. This course comprises formal aspects of classical rhetoric, and further demonstrates how various modern forms of communication integrate rhetorical patterns.
Learning outcome
The course gives insight into the formal aspects of classical rhetoric, and further aims at exposing rhetorical patterns, whether obvious or subliminal, in various modern forms of communication.
A candidate who passes this course is expected to have the following learning outcome according to the course curriculum, defined as knowledge and skills:
Knowledge
The candidate
- has knowledge of strategic, intentional language application and of fundamental formal rhetoric, as well as insights into the rhetoric of the middle ages, humanism and recent rhetoric
- is acquainted with basic knowledge of the classical languages (Greek and Latin) and knows the terminology based on the classical languages
- has knowledge about the decisive role of rhetoric for law and the democratic development of Athens
- has knowledge of the importance of rhetoric for the dissemination of scholarship and its usefulness as a tool of analysis and interpretation within a number of scholarly fields
Skills
The candidate
- is able to analyse techniques of argumentation in debates and in media by means of rhetoric as a strategic method
- has acquired general insights into techniques of communication, written as well as oral
- has insight into ethical and epistemological problems connected with problems of relativism of values within sophistic rhetoric in antiquity
Learning methods and activities
Lectures. Four-hour written examination.
Recommended previous knowledge
None
Required previous knowledge
None
Course materials
See syllabus
Credit reductions
| Course code | Reduction | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| HFEXFAC003 | 7.5 |
No
Version: 1
Credits:
7.5 SP
Study level: Foundation courses, level I
Language of instruction: Norwegian
Location: Trondheim
- Classical Civilization
- History
Department with academic responsibility
Department of Historical and Classical Studies
Examination
Examination arrangement: School exam
- Term Status code Evaluation Weighting Examination aids Date Time Examination system Room *
- Autumn ORD School exam 100/100 E 2024-12-06 09:00 INSPERA
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Room Building Number of candidates SL123 Sluppenvegen 14 1 SL310 hvit sone Sluppenvegen 14 7
- * The location (room) for a written examination is published 3 days before examination date. If more than one room is listed, you will find your room at Studentweb.
For more information regarding registration for examination and examination procedures, see "Innsida - Exams"