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Rensselaer Catalog 2007-2008 [Archived Catalog]

COMM 6250 - Rhetorical Theory II

An introduction to modern rhetoric, with an emphasis upon the use of language as a means of generating knowledge and understanding and establishing and maintaining human communities. A study of the thetorical theories of figures such as Francis Bacon, George Campbell, Richard Whately, Kenneth Burke, C. Perelman, L. Olbrechts-Tyteca, and Michel Foucault.

When Offered: Fall term annually.



Credit Hours: 3