Each additional absence will result in the loss of points from the final grade. Excessive absences will result in failure of the course. All deadlines are firm. In case of emergencies, the professor should be contacted as far in advance as possible. We will adhere strictly to the Vanderbilt Honor Code.
Coursework is calculated according to following point distribution.
In this course we will encounter the oratorical genius Parker describes, and determine whether such eloquence continued to flourish beyond the Golden Age of American Oratory. We will venture to discover what constitutes oratorical genius, and under what circumstances it volleys forth. Ultimately we aim to explain why it is that to speak of the American Experience is always to speak of the rhetorical experience. Reid, Ronald F., ed. American Rhetorical Discourse.