Advanced Topics
After the core, choose from these four sections to extend your learning in specific directions:
- Rhetorical Criticism & Methods – For analyzing how rhetoric works in texts and speeches.
- Modern & Critical Rhetoric – For examining rhetoric's role in society, power, and contemporary issues.
- Visual, Digital, and Media Rhetoric – For studying rhetoric beyond words, in images, online platforms, and algorithms.
- Institutional & Applied Rhetoric – For applying rhetoric in real-world settings like politics, law, or teaching.
RHETORICAL CRITICISM & METHODS
| Subject | Resources |
|---|---|
| 13. Introduction to Rhetorical Criticism | - Classical Rhetoric and Modern Political Discourse - Rhetorical Criticism (Internet Archive borrow) |
| 14. Methods of Criticism | - Classical Rhetoric and Modern Political Discourse |
MODERN & CRITICAL RHETORIC
| Subject | Resources |
|---|---|
| 15. Rhetoric, Power, and Ideology | - Classical Rhetoric and Modern Political Discourse |
| 16. Genre and Discourse | - Genre as Social Action (Miller – open-access PDF searches lead to academic repositories) |
VISUAL, DIGITAL, AND MEDIA RHETORIC
| Subject | Resources |
|---|---|
| 17. Visual & Multimodal Rhetoric | - Visual Rhetoric materials (University of Colorado Boulder) |
| 18. Digital Rhetoric | - Kairos Journal (foundational essays) |
| 19. Algorithmic & Platform Rhetoric | - The Interface Effect (Galloway – previews) |
INSTITUTIONAL & APPLIED RHETORIC
| Subject | Resources |
|---|---|
| 20. Public & Political Rhetoric | - Aristotle, Rhetoric (civic sections) - Rhetoric: The Art of Persuasive Writing and Public Speaking |
| 21. Legal Rhetoric | - Argumentation and Communication |
| 22. Pedagogy & Assessment | - Writing Without Teachers (assessment chapters) |