Rhetoric and argumentation

lfial1540  2024-2025  Louvain-la-Neuve

Rhetoric and argumentation
5.00 credits
15.0 h
Q2
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Teacher(s)
Leclercq Jean;
Language
French
Main themes
This course provides the disciplinary foundations of rhetoric as well as those of the art of argument and the art of persuasion, so that every student can learn to present and defend an argumentative discourse. The aim is to examine the tools of rhetoric, in philosophy and more generally in the history of ideas. Drawing on a number of canonical examples from Antiquity to the present day, the aim is to question the practice of argumentative discourse and provide the means to analyze it.
Learning outcomes

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

1 Master disciplinary knowledge:
  • Master a foundation of knowledge in the fields of history, philosophy, arts and literature.
  • Articulate this knowledge in a historical, social and cultural context.
 
2 Understand and analyze resources:
  • Examine sources critically.
  • Prioritize sources according to reliability and relevance.
  • Browse, search, filter, evaluate and manage digital data, information and content.
 
3 Understand and produce scientific texts:
  • Collect and select relevant information using rigorous and systematic methods.
  • Synthesize essential elements of knowledge to problematize a research question.
 
Content
The course consists of a 30-hour lecture. It will be supported by a portfolio of texts from primary literature (authors) and articles from secondary literature (contemporary commentators).
Evaluation methods
Assessment will take the form of a written exam comprising a theoretical and a practical part (production of an argument and/or rhetorical study of a literary production).
Online resources
A moodle site with "resource" texts.
Bibliography
Elle sera donnée lors des séances et de façon progressive, au gré de la progression didactique du cours.
Faculty or entity
> FIAL


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