Reflective Tags
I.) ERH 201 (Rhetorical Strategies)
Isocrates’: Rhetorical Theory of Civilization and Pan-Hellenism
The assignment was a researched argument based on a specific topic from our rhetorical traditions class; with my topic focusing on how Isocrates’ pedagogy was focused on preparing individuals to become leaders of the nation through lessons in rhetoric. The core concept I learned from this assignment was just how effective and vital rhetoric is to sustaining a democracy and why it should be emphasized more in society today. This of course fits with the other courses in rhetoric because the subject is an interconnected one where you pull dozens of methods together in order to produce an effective and useful argument. I mainly would like to figure out how rhetorical lessons like the ones taught by Isocrates are still effective and needed to educate people who will become leaders of the nation.