The aim of the course is to enable the students to become conversant with different rhetorical approaches to analyze political communication in speeches and debates.
Contents
Different rhetorical approaches and their application to analysis.
Teaching methods
Teaching method
Contact
Online
Group work
24 h
0 h
Lectures (24h) and demonstrations, exercises of analysis.
Teaching language
English
Modes of study
Evaluation
Numeric 1-5.
Recommended year of study
Spring term 2009.
Study materials
-Hahn, Dan F.: Political Communication: Rhetoric, Government and Citizens. State College (Pa): Strata, 2003.
-Hauser, Gerard A.: Introduction to Rhetorical Theory. Land Grove (III): Waveland Press, 2002.