DU1729 Rhetoric II

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Pavel Suchánek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Pavel Suchánek, Ph.D.
Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: prof. Ivan Foletti, MA, Docteur es Lettres, Docent in Church History
Supplier department: Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
The capacity limit for the course is 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/15
Course objectives
Work on the oral ability to share on the outputs of the research of art historians; to improve verbal and non-verbal communication; to return rhetoric to her place in the heart of humanities.
Learning outcomes
Student will be able to prepare:
- a short, striking speech appropriate for a press conference;
- a well-structured, longer speech, suited to a scientific conference;
- an engaging informal speech for the general public;
Syllabus
  • Antique rhetoric
  • Medieval rhetoric
  • Short rhetorical performance
  • Longer lecture
  • Lecture for the general audience
Literature
  • LOTKO, Edvard. Kapitoly ze současné rétoriky. 3. vyd. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2009, 202 s. ISBN 9788024423098. info
  • ŠMAJSOVÁ BUCHTOVÁ, Božena. Cvičné texty z rétoriky (The texts of rhetoric). Brno: MU v Brně, 2005, 83 pp. I. ISBN 80-210-3752-0. info
  • HÖLSCHER, Tonio. The language of images in Roman art. Edited by Jaś Elsner, Translated by Anthony Snodgrass - Annemarie Künzl-Snodgr. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004, xxxv, 151. ISBN 9780521665698. info
Teaching methods
Theoretical introduction, practical exercises
Assessment methods
Final oral presentation
Language of instruction
Czech
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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