Ball State University
English 695
Sp 2007

last revised Mar 27, 2007

Links to Guide Pages and Notes

CLASSICAL REVIEW

Guide Questions 1: Classical Rhetoric (expanded)

Greek Definitions of Rhetoric

Notes on B&H General Introduction of Classical Rhetoric (.doc file)

Overview grid chart of classical rhetoric (.jpg file)

Quintilian and Roman Education (.doc file)

MEDIEVAL TRANSFORMATIONS IN RHETORICAL THEORY AND PRACTICE

Guide Questions 2: Medieval Transformations in Rhetorical Theory and Practice

Major Transitional Writers on Discourse: Early Middle Ages  (.pdf file)

Major Grammar Writers (includes Ars poetriae)  (.pdf file)

Writers on the Ars dictaminis  (.pdf file)

Writers on the Preaching Tradition and the Ars praedicandi  (.pdf file)

Overview timeline of late ancient and early medieval writers on rhetoric (on paper)

THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD: REDISCOVERY, REINTEGRATION, AND REFORM

Guide Questions 3: The Renaissance-- 14th to 17th Centuries

Recovery and Retranslation of Texts in the Early Renaissance (.pdf file)

Early Renaissance Overview (.pdf file)

Later Renaissance Overview  (.pdf file)

Important Works of the Later Renaissance  (.pdf file)

The Confusion of the Arts and Ramus' Three Laws (.pdf file)