POETIC AND RHETORIC

Academic year
2019/2020 Syllabus of previous years
Official course title
POETICA E RETORICA
Course code
FT0519 (AF:315526 AR:168974)
Modality
On campus classes
ECTS credits
6
Degree level
Bachelor's Degree Programme
Educational sector code
M-FIL/05
Period
4th Term
Course year
1
Moodle
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The course offers an introduction to major philosophical problems at the poetic and rhetoric. It addresses themes of the tradition of rhetorical doctrine: its history, theory, and practice.
The conceptual foundations of literary and poetic studies are closely intertwined with questions of rhetoric: the course touches different disciplinary fields as philosophy of language, linguistics and contemporary epistemological perspectives.
The student, on successful completion of this module, will be able to:

1. identify theorical and historical-critical dimensions
2. critically engage with philosophical arguments organizing them
3. differentiate positions within the contemporary philosophical landscapes
There are no prerequisites.
Images and Styles of Reasoning

The course is centered on three themes: metaphor, image, and style. We will examine philosophical analyses of rhetoric, focusing on contemporary debates and consider their historical roots, with the aim of examining the implications for contemporary philosophy. Some of the topics that will be considered are proof, arguing, objectivity. Sources include philosophical analyses of literature and works of literature.
- Aristotele, «La retorica» (several editions)

- Roland Barthes, «Retorica antica», Bompiani

- Marc Fumaroli, «L’età dell’eloquenza. Retorica e «res literaria» dal Rinascimento alle soglie dell’epoca classica», Adelphi (a selection)

- Pierre Hadot, «Filosofia, dialettica e retorica nell'antichità», in Id., «Studi di filosofia antica» Edizioni ETS

- Carlo Ginzburg, «Rapporti di forza. Storia, retorica, prova», Feltrinelli (a selection)
Oral examination based on problems considered during the course.

Method of instruction: the main teaching methods of the course are the lecture and the lecture-discussion. Every student will be encouraged to participate in the discussion of the materials (small group seminars and presentations).
Italian
Readings may be found online. I will make them electronically available: Moodle material https://moodle.unive.it/course/view.php?id=3614
oral

This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Human capital, health, education" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development

Goal 3: good health and well-being
Goal 4: quality education
Definitive programme.
Last update of the programme: 17/04/2020