In this course, the very important are of persuasion will be analyzed. In everyday life this process is extremely vital, particularly in commerce, personal affairs, politics etc. It has a very long history in Western culture and formed one part of the so-called “trivium” or three subjects in all schools. They were grammar, logic and rhetoric. The subject of rhetoric will be divided into three sections as follows.

15th April
A short history of rhetoric and how it was used in schools to give speeches and write essays. Even today, the “speech” contests in many schools follow the old patterns of rhetoric, including voice, gestures and the use of “schemes” and “tropes” now normally called “figures of speech”.

20th May
In this course, the many “schemes” of rhetoric will be discussed. There are many schemes and some of them have difficult names, but in fact are quite common ways of using literary language. In poetry, rhyme and alliteration and others such as zeugma, chiasmus etc. are very common in elegant speech.

17th June
The last class will be concerned with the most important trope of all, i.e. metaphor.
This trope which is so common in poetry is also a basic element in every day speech and is found in all languages. It forms the basis of many expressions and much vocabulary in English.

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