Rhetoric

Objectives of the course

Introduction into rhetorics and the study and art of public speaking.

Prerequisites

In order to successfully participate in in-class discussions and to follow the lectures, the student should take the introductory linguistic courses. This course is related to other courses in the Communications curriculum.

Assessment methods

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Course contents

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Recommended reading

• Slapšak, Svetlana, Aftonij, Retorske vaje, izd. Šola retorike, Ljubljana, 2006.
• Cole, T., The Origins of Rhetoric in Ancient Greece, Baltimore 1991.
• Kennedy, G.A., A New History of Classical Rhetoric, Princeton. 1994.
• Classical Rhetoric and Its Christian and Secular Tradition from Ancient to Modern Times. Chapel Hill: U of North Carolina P, 1980.
• Lausberg, H., Handbuch der literarischen Rhetorik. Eine Grundlegung der Literaturwissenschaft. Stuttgart, Steiner, 1990.
• Škiljan, Dubravko, Leksikon antičkih termina = Lexicon terminorum antiquorum, (Biblioteka Latina & Graeca, Knj. 4). Zagreb: Izdanja Antibarbarus, 2003.
• Škiljan, Dubravko, Javni jezik : k lingvistiki javne komunikacije, (Studia humanitatis, Apes, 11). Ljubljana: Studia humanitatis, 1999.
• Škiljan, Dubravko, Govor nacije : jezik, nacija, Hrvati. Zagreb: Golden marketing, 2002.
• Justin, Janez, Rhetoric of nationalism. Sch. field (Print ed.), 1996, vol. 7, no. 1/2, str. 135-145.
• Justin, Janez, Pomen, informacija, manipulacija. Ljubljana: i2: ISH, Fakulteta za podiplomski humanistični študij, 2004.