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WEEK MODULEREADINGS AND OTHER ASSIGNED

MATERIAL

ACTIVITIESAND

ASSIGNMENTSEND/DUE DATE WEIGHT (%)

Week 1 Module 1:Introduction

Borchers, Timothy. Rhetorical Theory: AnIntroduction. Pages 3-25. (Textbook).

IntroduceYourself

Sunday, May 8, 2016 at11:55 PM

Ungraded

Discuss GroupProject ideas


Ungraded

Week 2 Module 2: Semiotics,Language andDiscourse (Saussureand Peirce)

Borchers, Timothy. Rhetorical Theory: AnIntroduction. Pages 268-273, 314-316.(Textbook).

Reflection 1 Sunday, May 15, 2016 at11:55 PM

Countstoward 15%

Chandler, Daniel. "Models of the Sign",Semiotics, The Basics. Routledge. SecondEdition (2007). (PDF).

Sign upfor GroupProject


Ungraded

Week 3 Module 3: Semiotics,Language andDiscourse (Barthesand Derrida)


Discussion 1 Sunday, May 22, 2016 at11:55 PM

Countstoward 15%

Barthes, Roland. "Myth Today", Mythologies.Hill and Wang, (1972). (PDF).

Derrida, Jacques. "Structure, Sign, and Play",Writing and Difference, trans. Alan Bass.University of Chicago Press; Reprint, 1993edition (February 15, 1980). (PDF).

Week 4 Module 4: TraditionalRhetorics (Fish andWeaver)


Reflection 2 Sunday, May 29, 2016 at11:55 PM

Countstoward 15%

Fish, Stanley. "Rhetoric", The Stanley FishReader. Wiley-Blackwell (January 1999).(PDF).

Weaver, Richard. "The Phaedrus and theNature of Rhetoric", Readings in aContemporary Rhetoric. Pages 130-145.(Textbook).

Week 5 Module 5: TraditionalRhetorics (KennethBurke)


Discussion 2 Sunday, June 5, 2016 at11:55 PM

Countstoward 15%

Burke, Kenneth. "Dramatism", Readings in aContemporary Rhetoric. Pages 160-170.(Textbook).

Barthes "MythToday" GroupProjectPresentation

Post Group ProjectPresentation for discussionon Monday, May 30, 2016at 11:55 PM

Submit Group ProjectPresentation and summaryfor evaluation on Sunday,June 5, 2016 at 11:55 PM

GroupPresentationis worth 20%of your finalgrade

Burke, Kenneth. "Terministic Screens",Language as Symbolic Action: Essays onLife, Literature, and Method. Berkeley, Cal.University of California Press, 1966. (PDF).

Derrida GroupProjectPresentation

Post Group ProjectPresentation for discussionon Monday, May 30, 2016at 11:55 PM

GroupPresentationis worth 20%of your final

Spring 2016 ENGL 309C Online University of Waterloo

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gradeBurke, Kenneth. "Definition of Man",Language as Symbolic Action: Essays onLife, Literature, and Method. Berkeley, Cal.University of California Press, 1966. (PDF).

Week 6 Module 6: TraditionalRhetorics (Toulmin)


Discussion 3 Sunday, June 12, 2016 at11:55 PM

Countstoward 15%

Toulmin, Stephen. "The Tyranny ofPrinciples", Readings in a ContemporaryRhetoric. (Textbook).

Fish GroupProjectPresentation

Post Group ProjectPresentation for discussionon Monday, June 6, 2016at 11:55 PM

Submit Group ProjectPresentation and summaryfor evaluation on SundayJune 12, 2016 at 11:55 PM


Toulmin, Stephen. "Theory and Practice",Readings in a Contemporary Rhetoric.(Textbook).

Weaver GroupProjectPresentation


Submit Group ProjectPresentation and summaryfor evaluation on SundayJune 12, 2016 at 11:55 PM


Week 7 Module 7: TraditionalRhetorics(Perelman)


Reflection 3 Sunday, June 19, 2016 at11:55 PM

Countstoward 15%

Perelman, Chaïm. "The New Rhetoric: ATheory of Practical Reasoning", Readings ina Contemporary Rhetoric. Pages 57-92.(Textbook).

Burke GroupProjectPresentation




Toulmin GroupProjectPresentation

Post Group ProjectPresentation for discussionon Monday, Monday, June13, 2016 at 11:55 PM



Week 8 Module 8: CulturalRhetoric, CriticalRhetoric, and Power(Marx)

Borchers, Timothy. Rhetorical Theory: AnIntroduction. Pages 171-195, 305-328.(Textbook).

Reflection 4 Sunday, June 26, 2016 at11:55 PM

Countstoward 15%

PerelmanGroup ProjectPresentation






FoucaultGroup ProjectPresentation




Week 9 Module 9: CulturalRhetoric, CriticalRhetoric, and Power(hooks andFoucault)


Discussion 4 Sunday, July 3, 2016 at11:55 PM

Countstoward 15%

hooks, bell. "Reflections on Race and Sex",Readings in a Contemporary Rhetoric. Pages228-234. (Textbook).

hooks GroupProjectPresentation


Submit Group ProjectPresentation and summaryfor evaluation on Sunday,July 3, 2016 at 11:55 PM


hooks, bell. "Teaching Resistance," Readingsin a Contemporary Rhetoric. Pages 243-249.(Textbook).

Baudrillardand/or EcoGroup ProjectPresentation




Foucault, Michel. "History, Discourse andDiscontinuity", Readings in a ContemporaryRhetoric. Pages 283-301. (Textbook).

Send inResearchEssay TopicStatement

Sunday, July 3, 2016 at11:55 PM

Ungraded

Foucault, Michel. "The History of Sexuality",Readings in a Contemporary Rhetoric. Pages302-318. (Textbook).

Week 10 Module 10:Postmodernism(Baudrillard andEco)

Baudrillard, Jean. "A Marginal System:Collecting", Readings in a ContemporaryRhetoric. Pages 259-275. (Textbook).

Reflection 5 Sunday, July 10, 2016 at11:55 PM

Countstoward 15%

Eco, Umberto. Travels in Hyperreality.Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; Reprint edition(2001). (PDF).

McLuhanGroup ProjectPresentation

Post Group ProjectPresentation for discussionon Monday, July 4, 2016 at11:55 PM



Barthes"Rhetoric ofthe Image"Group ProjectPresentation

Post Group ProjectPresentation for discussionon Monday, July 4, 2016 at11:55 PM





FINAL EXAMINATION ARRANGEMENT AND SCHEDULE

Please carefully review the information about final examinations for online courses, includingdates, locations, how to make examination arrangements, writing with a proctor, and deadlines.

If you are taking any on-campus courses, you will automatically be scheduled to write yourexam on campus. No action is required.

If you are taking only online courses, do one of the following:

If your address in QUEST is within 100 km of an examination centre, you mustchoose an exam centre in Quest by Sunday, May 15, 2016. This must be doneeach term.

If your address in Quest is more than 100 km from an exam centre, you mustarrange for a proctor. Please review the guidelines and deadlines for writing

Week 11 Module 11: Media,Technology andAdvertising(McLuhan, Barthes,and McNair)



Countstoward 15%

McLuhan, Marshall. Understanding Media:The Extensions of Man. The MIT Press; REVedition (Oct. 24 1994). (PDF).

McNair GroupProjectPresentation

Post Group ProjectPresentation for discussionon Monday, July 11, 2016at 11:55 PM



Barthes, Roland. "Rhetoric of the Image",Image Music Text. Hill and Wang. (July 1,1978). (PDF).

Ellul and LoebsGroup ProjectPresentation

Post Group ProjectPresentation for discussionon Monday, July 11, 2016at 11:55 PM


GroupPresentationis worth 20%of your finalgradeMcNair, Brian "Party Political Communication

1: Advertising", An Introduction to PoliticalCommunication. 5th Edition, Routledge(2011). (PDF).

Week 12 Module 12:Propaganda (Elluland Hitler)



Countstoward 15%

Ellul, Jacques. "The Characteristics ofPropaganda", Propaganda: The Formation ofMen's Attitudes. Vintage (January 12, 1973).(PDF).

Loebs, Bruce. "Hitler´s Rhetorical Theory",Relevant Rhetoric, Volume 1, Issue 1, Spring2010. (PDF).

ResearchEssay due

Sunday, July 24, 2016 at11:55 PM

25%

inal Examination 25%



with a proctor. This must be done each term.

Your online course exam schedule will be available in Quest approximately four weeks beforeyour exam date(s). Instructions on how to find your schedule are posted on the Quest Help page.

University of Waterloo Senate-approved examination regulations and related matters can befound on the Registrar's website.

OFFICIAL GRADES AND COURSE ACCESS

Official Grades and Academic Standings are available through Quest.

Your access to this course will continue for the duration of the current term. You will not haveaccess to this course once the next term begins.



ontact Information

NEWS

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DISCUSSIONS

A General Discussion topic* has also been made available to allow students to communicatewith peers in the course. Your instructor may drop in at this discussion topic.

CONTACT US

WHO AND WHY CONTACT DETAILS

ructorCourse-related questions (e.g.,course content, deadlines,assignments, etc.)

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ourse Description and Objectives

DESCRIPTION

In Contemporary Rhetorical Theory, we will survey the key authors, concepts, issues, anddebates of contemporary rhetoric and place them in a practical context. The first half of thecourse will focus on the (arguably) five most important contemporary rhetoricians (Weaver,Richards, Burke, Toulmin, and Perelman), and the second part will concentrate on contemporaryrhetoric at work in culture through power relations, discourse, sexuality, race, media, advertising,and propaganda. Recognizing with Kenneth Burke “how overwhelmingly much of what we meanby ‘reality’ has been built for us through nothing but our symbol systems,” we will examinetheories of rhetoric to better understand the pervasiveness of rhetoric in our ways of knowing. Theclass will consist of lectures, presentations, discussion, and workshop exercises.

OBJECTIVES

In this course, you will learn to:

Explain key rhetoric theories and theorists of the 20th century.

Apply these theories to contemporary culture.

Compare these theories, individual theorists, and movements.

This online course was developed by Gordon Slethaug, with instructional design and multimediadevelopment support provided by the Centre for Extended Learning. Further media productionwas provided by Instructional Technologies and Multimedia Services.



© University of Waterloo

bout the Course Author

GORDON SLETHAUG, PHD, MA, BA

BIOGRAPHY

I have taught at universities in Canada, China, Denmark, Hong Kong, and theUnited States, and draw from these experiences in my teaching and writing.

At the University of Waterloo (head of the English Department and AssociateDean of Graduate Programs in Arts) until 1995, I then taught at the Universityof Hong Kong (Director of American Studies and Lingnan Professor) from 1995 to 2008. From2004 to 2008, I was awarded a four-year grant from the Lingnan Foundation (Yale and New YorkCity) to bring team teaching, interdisciplinary methodology, American studies, and English-language instruction to the classroom at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou and to bridgeAmerican Studies activities and research between the University of Hong Kong and Sun Yat-senUniversity, and I have written widely on the faculty and student learning transformation thatoccurred as a result of this project. I remain an Honorary Professor in Arts at the University ofHong Kong.

From 2008 until 2012, I taught American culture and communication subjects at the University ofSouthern Denmark, where I had earlier been awarded a Senior Fulbright Professorship. Theseincluded: the History and Culture of New York City; the Road in American Culture; ContemporaryAmerican literature; Asian American Culture; International Teaching and Learning; InterculturalCommunications; Media and Communications; Identity, Culture, and Learning; HRM,Organizations and Communications; and Communications and Globalization.

My current teaching and writing at Waterloo focuses on American culture (especially filmadaptation), rhetoric, and issues of internationalization.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS

2015. Co-edited with Jane Vinther, International Teaching and Learning at Universities: AchievingEquilibrium with Local Culture and Pedagogy. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. 2015. 199pp.

2014. Adaptation Theory and Criticism: Postmodern Literature and Cinema in the USA. NewYork: Bloomsbury Press. 275pp.

2012. Co-edited with Stacilee Ford. Hit the Road, Jack: the History and Culture of the Road inAmerica. Montreal: McGill-Queens University Press. 329pp.

2010. Co-edited with Janette Ryan, International Education and the Chinese Learner. Hong Kong:University of Hong Kong Press. 210pp.

2007. Teaching Abroad: The Cross-Cultural Classroom and International Education. Hong Kong:



University of Hong Kong Press, 2007 and Seattle: University of Washington Press. 220pp.

2000. Beautiful Chaos: Chaos Theory and Metachaotics in Recent American Fiction. Albany:State University Press of New York. 235pp.

1994. Co-edited with Michael Larsen, Doubles and Doubling in the Contemporary Arts., specialdouble issue of the Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts. 1. 6.2-3. 184pp.

1993. The Play of the Double in Postmodern American Fiction. Carbondale: Southern IllinoisUniversity Press. 234pp.

1990. With Stanley Fogel. Understanding John Barth. Columbus: University of South CarolinaPress. 241pp.

ARTICLES AND CHAPTERS

2012: "Mapping the Trope: A Historical and Cultural Journey" and "Postmodern Masculinities inRecent Buddy and Solo Road Films," Hit the Road, Jack: the History and Culture of the Road.Eds. Gordon E. Slethaug and Stacilee Ford. 120pp.

2010. "Cross-Cultural Team-Teaching in China: A Retrospective View." In Understanding China'sEducation Reform: Creating Cross Cultural Knowledge, Pedagogies and Dialogue. Ed. JanetteRyan. London: Routeldge. 22pp.

2010. "Something Happened While Nobody was Looking: The Growth of International Educationand the Chinese Learner." In International Education and the Chinese Learner. Eds. Janette Ryanand Gordon Slethaug. Hong Kong: University of Hong Kong Press. 15-36.

2009. "Spike Lee, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X: The Politics of Domination and Difference." In Ising the Body Politic: History as Prophecy in Contemporary American Literature. Ed. PeterSwirski. Montreal: McGill-Queens U Press. 113-148.

2008. "Class, Ethnicity, Race, and Economic Opportunity: the Idea of Order in Scorsese's Gangsof New York and Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing." Journal of American Studies. (Korea) 40:1:149-183.

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

2004-08 Lingnan Foundation grant

2003-04 Senior Fulbright Professor

2002 University of Hong Kong, Outstanding Teacher award

CURRENT RESEARCH

I am keenly interested in globalization, semiotics and advertising, contemporary American filmand literature, international teaching and learning, and cross-cultural learning and have writtenwidely in these areas. I have a lifetime achievement of 7 books and editions (1 more underreview); some 65 articles and chapters in books, and hundreds of conference papers and invitedpresentations.



aterials and Resources

TEXTBOOKS

REQUIREDBorchers, Timothy. Rhetorical Theory: An Introduction. Reissue Edition, April 2011.

Karen A. Foss, Sonja K. Foss, Robert Trapp. Readings in Contemporary Rhetoric.Waveland Press Inc, August 2001.

RECOMMENDED RESOURCESEnglish Literature and English Rhetoric, and Professional Writing

The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism

eReference Items for English

For textbook ordering information, please contact the Waterloo Bookstore.

For your convenience, you can compile a list of required and optional course materialsthrough BookLook using your Quest userID and password. If you are having difficulties orderingonline and wish to call the Waterloo Bookstore, their phone number is +1 519 888 4673 or toll-free at +1 866 330 7933. Please be aware that textbook orders CANNOT be taken over thephone.

RESOURCES

University of Waterloo Library (Services for Students Taking Online Courses)



rade Breakdown

The following table represents the grade breakdown of this course.

ACTIVITIES AND ASSIGNMENTS WEIGHT (%)

Introduce Yourself Ungraded

Discussions 15% (lowest Discussion mark is dropped)

Reflections 15% (5 x 3%)

Group Project 20%

Research Essay 25%

Final Exam 25%

TOTAL WEIGHT 100%



ourse and Department Policies

POLICIES

Assignments are due as noted on the Course Schedule. Unless prior arrangements are made,late assignments will lose 10% per late day.

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY

Turnitin.com: Text matching software (Turnitin®) will be used to screen assignments in thiscourse. This is being done to verify that use of all materials and sources in assignments isdocumented. Students will be given an option if they do not want to have their assignmentscreened by Turnitin®. In the first week of the term, contact your instructor about arrangementsand alternatives for the use of Turnitin® in this course.

Note: students must be given a reasonable option if they do not want to have their assignmentscreened by Turnitin. See: Guidelines for Instructors for more information.



niversity Policies

SUBMISSION TIMES

Please be aware that the University of Waterloo is located in the Eastern Time Zone (GMT orUTC-5 during standard time and UTC-4 during daylight saving time) and, as such, the time thatyour activities and/or assignments are due is based on this zone. If you are outside the EasternTime Zone and require assistance with converting your time, please try the Ontario, Canada TimeConverter.

ACCOMMODATION DUE TO ILLNESS

If your instructor has provided specific procedures for you to follow if you missassignment due dates, term tests, or a final examination, adhere to those instructions.Otherwise:

MISSED ASSIGNMENTS/TESTS/QUIZZES

Contact the instructor as soon as you realize there will be a problem, and preferably within 48hours, but no more than 72 hours, have a medical practitioner complete a Verification of IllnessForm.

Email a scanned copy of the Verification of Illness Form to your instructor. In your email to theinstructor, provide your name, student ID number, and exactly what course activity you missed.

Further information regarding Management of Requests for Accommodation Due to Illness can befound on the Accommodation due to illness page.

MISSED FINAL EXAMINATIONS

If you are unable to write a final examination due to illness, seek medical treatment and have amedical practitioner complete a Verification of Illness Form. Email a scanned copy to the Centrefor Extended Learning (CEL) at [email protected] within 48 hours of your missedexam. Make sure you include your name, student ID number, and the exam(s) missed. You willbe REQUIRED to hand in the original completed form before you write the make-up examination.

After your completed Verification of Illness Form has been received and processed, you will beemailed your alternate exam date and time. This can take up to 2 business days. If you arewithin150 km of Waterloo you should be prepared to write in Waterloo on the additional CELexam dates. If you live outside the 150 km radius, CEL will work with you to make suitable



arrangements.

Further information about Examination Accommodation Due to Illness regulations is available inthe Undergraduate Calendar.

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY

In order to maintain a culture of academic integrity, members of the University of Waterloocommunity are expected to promote honesty, trust, fairness, respect, and responsibility. If youhave not already completed the online tutorial regarding academic integrity you should doso as soon as possible. Undergraduate students should see the Academic Integrity Tutorial andgraduate students should see the Graduate Students and Academic Integrity website.

Proper citations are part of academic integrity. Citations in CEL course materials usually followCEL style, which is based on APA style. Your course may follow a different style. If you areuncertain which style to use for an assignment, please confirm with your instructor or TA.

For further information on academic integrity, please visit the Office of Academic Integrity.

DISCIPLINE

A student is expected to know what constitutes academic integrity to avoid committing anacademic offence, and to take responsibility for his/her actions. A student who is unsure whetheran action constitutes an offence, or who needs help in learning how to avoid offences (e.g.,plagiarism, cheating) or about “rules” for group work/collaboration, should seek guidance from thecourse instructor, academic advisor, or the undergraduate Associate Dean. For information oncategories of offences and types of penalties, students should refer to Policy 71 - StudentDiscipline. For typical penalties, check Guidelines for the Assessment of Penalties.

APPEALS



A decision made or penalty imposed under Policy 70 - Student Petitions and Grievances, (otherthan a petition) or Policy 71 - Student Discipline, may be appealed if there is a ground. A studentwho believes he/she has a ground for an appeal should refer to Policy 72 - Student Appeals.

GRIEVANCE

A student who believes that a decision affecting some aspect of his/her university life has beenunfair or unreasonable may have grounds for initiating a grievance. Read Policy 70 - StudentPetitions and Grievances, Section 4. When in doubt please be certain to contact the department’sadministrative assistant who will provide further assistance.

FINAL GRADES

In accordance with Policy 19 - Access To and Release of Student Information, the Centre forExtended Learning does not release final examination grades or final course grades to students.Students must go to Quest to see all final grades. Any grades posted in Waterloo LEARN areunofficial.

ACCESSABILITY SERVICES

AccessAbility Services, located in Needles Hall, collaborates with all academic departments toarrange appropriate accommodations for students with disabilities without compromising theacademic integrity of the curriculum. If you require academic accommodation to lessen the impactof your disability, please register with AccessAbility Services at the beginning of each academicterm and for each course.



ACCESSIBILITY STATEMENT

The Centre for Extended Learning strives to meet the needs of all our online learners. Ourongoing efforts to become aligned with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA)are guided by University of Waterloo AccessAbility Services Policy and the World Wide WebConsortium's (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0. The majority of ouronline courses are currently delivered via the Desire2Learn Learning Environment. Learn moreaboutDesire2Learn’s Accessibility Standards Compliance.

USE OF COMPUTING AND NETWORK RESOURCES

Please see the Guidelines on Use of Waterloo Computing and Network Resources.

COPYRIGHT INFORMATION

UWaterloo’s Web Pages

All rights, including copyright, images, slides, audio, and video components, of the content of thiscourse are owned by the course author, unless otherwise stated. These web pages are owned orcontrolled by the University of Waterloo, Centre for Extended Learning. By accessing the webpages, you agree that you may only download the content for your own personal, non-commercialuse. You are not permitted to copy, broadcast, download, store (in any medium), transmit, showor play in public, adapt, or change in any way the content of these web pages for any otherpurpose whatsoever without the prior written permission of the course author and the Universityof Waterloo, Centre for Extended Learning.

Other Sources

Respect the copyright of others and abide by all copyright notices and regulations when using thecomputing facilities provided for your course of study by the University of Waterloo. No materialon the Internet or World Wide Web may be reproduced or distributed in any material form or inany medium, without permission from copyright holders or their assignees. To support your



course of study, the University of Waterloo has provided hypertext links to relevant websites,resources, and services on the web. These resources must be used in accordance with anyregistration requirements or conditions which may be specified. You must be aware that inproviding such hypertext links, the University of Waterloo has not authorized any acts (includingreproduction or distribution) which, if undertaken without permission of copyright owners or theirassignees, may be infringement of copyright. Permission for such acts can only be granted bycopyright owners or their assignees.

If there are any questions about this notice, please contact the University of Waterloo, Centre forExtended Learning, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, N2L 3G1 or [email protected].



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