Course: Rhetorics

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Course title Rhetorics
Course code KZU/RB
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course unspecified
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
Course content
1. Topic introduction - contemporary understanding of rhetoric 2. Nonverbal communication: types of nonverbal signals (illustrators, regulators, adapters) and types of nonverbal statements (proxemics, haptics, postures, kinesics, gestures, eye gaze) 3. Rhetoric style and rhetoric genres 4. Preparation of public speech 5. Rules of informative speech 6. Rules of persuasive speech 7. Rhetoric decorations - figures, tropes and nonfigural devices 8. Figures and tropes - suggestive, emphatic, graphic (visual) and decorative 9. Politeness and tact in language 10. Chosen principles of rhetoric - summary

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Activating (Simulations, Games, Dramatization)
Learning outcomes
Chosen principles of classical and modern rhetoric about adequate, impressive, comprehensive and cultivated speaking towards listener or reader in particular rhetoric genres focused on public speeches.
Ability of smart, persuasive and cultivated speech.
Prerequisites
We recommend to pass the following courses before signing in rhetoric: Introduction to language studies (KZU/USJB), Contemporary Czech language 1 (KZU/SCJB1) and Contemporary Czech language 2 (KZU/SCJB2).

Assessment methods and criteria
Essay, Analysis of linguistic, Didactic Test

Recommended literature
  • ČMEJRKOVÁ, S. - HOFFMANNOVÁ, J. (ed.). Jazyk, média, politika. Praha: Academia, 2003..
  • JELÍNEK, M. - ŠVANDOVÁ, B. (ed.). Argumentace: umění komunikovat. Brno:PdF MU, 1990..
  • KRAUS, J., HOFFMANOVÁ, J. (1996). Písemnosti v našem životě.. Praha: Fortuna.
  • KRAUS, J. (1998). Rétorika v evropské kultuře. Praha.
  • LEWIS, D. Tajná řeč těla. Victorie Publishing 1995.
  • Lotko, E. (1999). Kapitoly ze současné rétoriky.. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci.
  • SZYMANEK, K. Umění argumentace. Terminologický slovník, Olomouc: Nakladatelství UP 2003.


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