Tag Archives: Isocrates

ENG 319 8.T: Rethinking Isocrates, Spontaneous Rhetorical Analysis, University in Ruins

Posted on October 15, 2019 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Today’s Plan: Isocrates Let’s Try Something Bill Readings For Next Class Isocrates One thing that I’ve realized teaching these texts this semester: Isocrates provides the clearest example of the strong defense that we can find in the ancient world. Here … Continue reading →

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ENG 319 4.T: Isocrates and Civic Rhetoric

Posted on September 17, 2019 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Today’s Plan: Paper Questions Isocrates Exercise For Next Class Paper Questions From the syllabus: Our first project will ask you to synthesize the first 8 weeks of readings into a definition paper of 1800 to 2000 words. From a previous … Continue reading →

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ENG 420 2.1: Isocrates and Civic Education

Posted on January 17, 2017 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Today’s Plan Attendance Review Last Class Two Readings: Salon and Breitbart Haskins and Benoit Homework Review Last Class Looking through your posts: Essentialism vs. Materialism Plato’s Elitism vs. Socrates’ insistence to Question Everything Plato’s Transcendentalism (Epistemology, knowledge) Two Readings As … Continue reading →

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ENG 420 1.1: Introduction and Plato

Posted on January 10, 2017 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Today’s plan: Why Are You Here? Syllabus and Canvas Introduction to Plato, Greek Conceptions of Philosophy and Rhetoric Writing with Direct Quotations Homework

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Historical Week 6: Isocrates

Posted on September 28, 2015 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Today’s Plan: Some preliminary reactions to the first round of papers Secondary Source presentations Discussion of Isocrates: major concepts, grid issues, etc Break Papillion, Welch, Haskins, Vitanza Paper Day Reactions Here’s some jumbled cut and paste from my feedback. The … Continue reading →

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Rhetoric and Gaming 2.1 Tolstoy, Art, and Identification

Posted on September 1, 2015 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Today’s plan: Play This: Bad Paper Art and Identification Back to discussing games Twitter This semester I’ll be asking you to use twitter. This is for professional development and civic development. Today we will create accounts, and I’ll ask you … Continue reading →

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