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TopUTW1001R (Oratory and the Public Mind)
Weekly Schedule, Semester 1, AY2016-17
Lecturer: Dr. Gene SegarraNavera
Email: gene.navera@nus.edu.sg
Centre for English Language Communication Room 3-29

Week/ focus	Session 1	Session 2
*UNIT 1: Writing the reflection summary (Oratory as the agency of the times)*
Week 1 8 to 12 August Orientation to the module	No session on 8 August Public holiday on 9 August	Introduction: Expository writing, the module topic, and module readings
Week 2 15 to 19 August Planning/Drafting Understanding a given reading’s arguments for its conclusions/ thesis	Critical Reading Strategies 1: Annotating, summarizing and responding to a reading without plagiarizing Readings: “The power of rhetoric: Understanding political oratory” (Beasley, 2012) “The study of speeches” (Parrish, 1954) Supplementary: “The rhetorical situation” (Bitzer, 1968) “The rhetoric of Hitler’s battle” (Burke, 1938)	Overview of Paper 1: Functions of reflective summaries Critical Reading Strategies 2: Identifying intended audiences and rhetorical strategies to engage them in a reading’s ideas Reading: “Public address: A study in social and intellectual history” (Wrage, 1947) Supplementary: “Form and cultural context in rhetorical criticism: Re-readingWrage” (Rosteck, 1998) Reading text for Paper 1: Mercieca, J. (2015 December 4). The rhetorical brilliance of Trump the demagogue. http://theconversation.com/the-rhetorical-brilliance-of-trump-the-demagogue-51984
Week 3 22 to 26 August Revision Reviewing selection and organization of ideas Editing the paper for language and mechanics	Critical Reading Strategies 3: Selecting and responding to a reading’s ideas Planning/drafting a reflective summary: Bringing together Critical Reading Strategies 1, 2, and 3 in a group discussion of a reading Readings: “Second inaugural address” (Lincoln, 1865 March 4) “Dimensions of temporality in Lincoln’s second inaugural address” (Leff, 1988) “’With malice toward none; with charity for all…’” (White, 2002)	Synthesis of the ideas from core readings of Unit 1 Sample text: Reflective summaries of Zarefsky and Frank (optional readings) Readings: “Obama’s rhetorical signature: Cosmopolitan civil religion in the inaugural address, January 20, 2009” (Frank 2011) “The United States and the world: The rhetorical dimensions of Obama’s foreign policy” (Zarefsky, 2014)
Final draft of Paper 1 due on 9 September, Friday, 11.59 pm
*UNIT 2: Writing a Comparative Essay (Oratory and intertextuality)*
Week 4 29 August to 2 September Planning/Drafting Understanding the fit and/or tension between two given readings’ arguments for their conclusions/ theses	Guided peer review: Selected summary drafts	Overview of Paper 2: Functions of comparative papers Models and components of argumentation: How argumentative functions in academic expository writing Group discussion of assigned readings Readings: “How to write a comparative analysis” (Walk, 1998) Available at http://writingcenter.fas.harvard.edu/pages/how-write-comparative-analysis “The four parts of a lens essay argument” (Hogin, 2010) Available at http://harvardwritingcenter.wordpress.com/tag/lens-essay/ “Address to Congress following attacks of 9/11” (Bush, 2001 September 11). “The discourse of the new world order: ‘Outcasting’ the double face of threat” (Lazar and Lazar, 2004)
Week 5 5 to 9 September	Group discussion of assigned readings Planning/drafting a comparative paper (1): Topic, problem, motive, analysis, and conclusions Readings: “National Day Rally Speech 1966” (Lee, 1966) “Singapore’s National Day Rally speech: A site of ideological negotiation.” (Tan, 2007) Supplementary readings: “An investigative interview: Singapore 50 years after independence - 45th St. Gallen Symposium” (Shanmugaratnam, 2015) Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpwPciW74b8 “An open letter to Lee Hsien Loong” (Lim, 2015) Available at http://statestimesreview.com/2015/07/05/catherine-lims-open-letter-to-lee-hsien-loong/) Texts for comparative analysis: Three of 15 speeches by US President Barack Obama delivered after mass shootings in the United States. The speeches may be found in the article *written by Neon Leyfakh for Slate.*	Synthesis of core readings of Unit 2 Planning/drafting a comparative paper (2): Thesis and supporting arguments Sample text: Comparative analysis of Martin Luther King (1963) and Nelson Mandela’s (1964) touchtone speeches Speeches: “I have a dream” (King, 1963 March 28) “An ideal for which I am prepared to die” (Mandela, 1964 April 20) Supplementary reading: “The rhetoric of Nelson Mandela: A qualified success” (Sheckels, 2001)
Week 6 12 to 16 September Revision Reviewing selection and organization of ideas Editing the paper for language and mechanics	Planning/drafting a comparative paper (3): Selecting relevant, sufficient, and representative evidence Planning/drafting a comparative paper (4): Organizing arguments	Drafting the comparative essay
RECESS WEEK (17 to 25 September)
First draft of Paper 2 due on 20 September, Tuesday, 11.59 pm Final draft of Paper 2 due on 7 October, 11.59 pm
*UNIT 3: Writing the Expository Essay (Oratory and the (re)shaping of public discourse)*
Week 7 26 to 30 September	Conferencing for paper 2	Conferencing for paper 2
Week 8 3 to 7 October Planning/Drafting Understanding the fit and/or tension between multiple readings’ arguments for their conclusions/ theses	Overview of the Paper 3: Functions of the expository paper Planning an expository paper (1): Reading sources (a reading, film, etc. for an idea around which a researchable problem can be formed) Planning an expository paper (2): Collecting and analyzing ideas from primary sources to investigate the researchable problem, drawing conclusions, determining and formulating a thesis from the conclusions’ contestable aspects Required reading: “Where is public address? George W. Bush, Abu Ghraib, and contemporary moral discourse” (Condit, 2009) Supplementary readings: “Accounts, excuses, and apologies: A theory of image restoration strategies” (Benoit, 1995) “Crafting virtue: The rhetorical construction of public morality” (Condit, 1987) “A pentadic analysis of Senator Edward Kennedy’s Address to the People of Massachusetts, July 25, 1969” (Ling 1970/2000)	Planning an expository paper (3): Re-enforcing the documentation of sources to avoid plagiarism Planning/drafting an expository paper (4): Selecting, relevant, sufficient, and representative evidence Sample texts: Expository papers from previous classes Required readings: “Strategic maneuvering in political argumentation” (Zarefsky, 2008) “A pentadic analysis of ideologies in two gay rights controversies” (Brummet, 1979) Supplementary reading: “The presidency as pastiche” (Heidt, 2012)
Week 9 10 to 14 October Independently finding source material	Library session Planning an expository paper (5): Using secondary sources to help analyze primary sources to respond to the researchable problem in ways that increase one’s understanding of the problem and the possibilities of resolving the problem	Student presentations (formative): progress reports on Paper 3 Topic Analytical framework Secondary sources Tentative insights
Week 10 17 to 21 October Revision Reviewing selection and organization of ideas	Student-teacher conferences on topic outlines	Student-teacher conferences on topic outlines
Week 11 24 to 28 October Presentations	Student-teacher conferences on topic outlines	Presentations of papers Critique of papers’ arguments
Week 12 31 October to 4 November Presentations	Presentations of papers Critique of papers’ arguments	Presentations of papers Critique of papers’ arguments
Week 13 7 to 11 November	Presentations of papers Critique of papers’ arguments	Synthesis
First draft of Paper 3 due 24 to 28 October (Paper should be submitted a week after scheduled conferencing) Final draft of Paper 3 due on 11 November, Friday, 11.59 pm

Required readings (in APA format):

Beasley, V. (2012). The power of rhetoric: Understanding political oratory. In Semetko, H. A. andScannel, M. (eds.). The SAGE Handbook of Political Communication. London: Sage.

Bush, G. W. (2001 September 11). Address to Congress following attacks of 9/11. In E. Humphreys (Ed.) (2009), Great speeches: Words that shaped the world (pp. 208-210). London: Arcturus Publishing.

Brummet, B. (1979). A pentadic analysis of ideologies in two gay rights controversies. Central States Speech Journal, 30:3, 250-261, DOI: 10.1080/10510977909368018

Condit, C. M. (2009). “Where is public address? George W. Bush, Abu Ghraib, and contemporary moral discourse.” In Parry-Giles, Shawn J. and Parry-Giles, Trevor (eds.), Public address and moral judgment: Critical studies in ethical tensions. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, pp. 1-29.

Cox, J. R. (1989). The fulfillment of time: King’s “I have a Dream” speech (August 28, 1963). In Leff, M. C. and Kauffeld, F. J. (eds.), Texts in contexts: Critical dialogues in significant episodes in American political rhetoric, pp. 181-204. United States: Hermagoras Press.

Hogin, E. (2010). The four parts of a lens essay argument. Retrieved from http://harvardwritingcenter.wordpress.com/tag/lens-essay/

King, M. L. (1963 March 28). I have a dream. In B. MacArthur (Ed.) (1995), The Penguin
book of historic speeches (pp. 101-106). London: Penguin.

Kyi, Aung San Suu. (1988). “Speech to a mass rally at Shwedagon Pagoda.” Southeast Asian Politics: Speech, Burmese Democracy. Available at http://chnm.gmu.edu/wwh/p/119.html,

Kyi, Aung San Suu (2012 June 21). Address to both Houses of Parliament. Available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uo1MHK1FBic

Lazar, A. and Lazar, M. M. (2004). The discourse of the new world order: ‘Outcasting’ the double face of threat. Discourse and Society, 15, 223-34.

Lee, K. Y. (1966). National Day Rally Speech 1966. Private-Source: Prime Minister's Speeches, Press Conferences, Interviews, Statements, etc. Singapore: Prime Minister's Office.

Leff, M. (1988). Dimensions of temporality in Lincoln’s second inaugural address. Communication Reports, 1, 26-31. Reprinted in C. R. Burgchardt (Ed.) (2000), Readings in rhetorical criticism, Second Edition (pp. 26-31). USA: Strata Publishing.

Leyfakh, L. (2016 June 12). 15 other times President Obama had to address mass shootings during his presidency. Slate. Available at http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/06/12/_15_other_times_president_obama_had_to_address_mass_shootings_during_his.html?wpsrc=sh_all_dt_tw_top

Lincoln, A. (1865 March 4).Handwritten and printed texts of the second inaugural address. In R. White (2002), Lincoln’s greatest speech: The second inaugural (pp. 13-19). New York: Simon & Schuster.

Mandela, N. (1964 April 20). An ideal for which I am prepared to die. In B. MacArthur (Ed.) (1995), The Penguin book of historic speeches (pp. 491-194). London: Penguin.

Parrish, W. M. (1954). The study of speeches. In W. M. Parrish & M. H. Nichols (Eds.), American speeches. New York: Longmans, Green & Co. Reprinted in C. R. Burgchardt (Ed.) (2000), Readings in rhetorical criticism, Second Edition (pp. 35-47). USA: Strata Publishing.

Smith, S. B. (2012). How to read Lincoln’s Second Inaugural. In Smith, S. B., The writings of Abraham Lincoln. New Haven: Yale University Press, pp. 476-492.

Tan, K. P. (2007). Singapore’s National Day Rally speech: A site of ideological negotiation. Journal of ContemporaryAsia, 37, 292-308.

Walk, K. (1998). How to write a comparative analysis. Retrieved from http://writingcenter.fas.harvard.edu/pages/how-write-comparative-analysis (Available on 8 January 2014).

White, R. C. Jr. (2002). Lincoln’s greatest speech: The second inaugural. New York: Simon & Schuster.

Wrage, E. J. (1947). Public address: A study in social and intellectual history. Quarterly Journal of Speech, 33, 451-457.

Zarefsky, David. (2008). “Strategic maneuvering in political argumentation.” Argumentation 22, 317-330.

Supplementary readings:

Aristotle. (2004). The art of rhetoric. Translated with introduction and notes by H. C. Lawson-Tancred. London: Penguin Books.

Benoit, William L. 1995. Accounts, excuses, and apologies: A theory of image restoration strategies. USA: State University of New York Press.

Bitzer, L. (1968). The rhetorical situation. Philosophy & Rhetoric, 1:1(January 1968), 1-14.

Burgchardt, C. (2000). Readings in rhetorical criticism. State College, Pennsylvania: Strata Publishing.

Burke, K. (1938). The rhetoric of Hitler’s battle. Philosophy of literary form: Studies in symbolic action (pp. 191-220). Louisiana State University Press.

Condit, C. M. (1987). Crafting virtue: The rhetorical construction of public morality. Quarterly Journal of Speech, 73(1), 79-97.

Cragan, J. F. and Shields, D. C. (1998). Understanding communication theory: Communicative forces in action. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.
Edelman, M. (2001). The politics of misinformation. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Fairclough, N. (2001). Critical discourse analysis as a method in social scientific research. In R. Wodak and M. Meyer, (Eds.) Methods of critical discourse analysis (pp. 121-138). London: Sage Publications.

Fairclough, N. (2003). Analysing discourse: Textual analysis for social research. London: Routledge.

Fairclough, N. (2010). Critical discourse analysis: The critical study of language. Second edition. Harlow, England: Pearson Education.

Frank, D. (2011). Obama’s rhetorical signature: Cosmopolitan civil religion in the inaugural address, January 20, 2009. Rhetoric and Public Affairs, 14, 605-630.

Hariman, R. (1989). Time and reconstitution of gradualism in King’s address: A response to Cox. In Leff, M. C. and Kauffeld, F. J. (eds.), Texts in contexts: Critical dialogues in significant episodes in American political rhetoric, pp. 205-217. United States: Hermagoras Press.

Heidt, S. (2012). The presidency as pastiche: Atomization, circulation, and rhetorical instability. Rhetoric and Public Affairs (15)4, pp. 623-634.

Higgins, C. (2009). The new Cicero. In H. Russel (Ed.), The politics of hope: The words of Barrack Obama (pp. 6-13). London: New Holland Publishers.

Humphreys, E. (Ed.). (2009). Great speeches: Words that shaped the world. London: Arcturus.

Lakoff, G. (2006). Whose freedom: The battle over America’s most important idea. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux.

Lakoff, G. (2008). The political mind: Why you can’t understand 21^st-century politics with an 18^th-century brain. New York: Viking.

Lakoff, G. and Johnson, M. (1980). Metaphors we live by. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Lim, C. (2015). “An open letter to Lee Hsien Loong.” Political commentaries on Singapore. Available at http://statestimesreview.com/2015/07/05/catherine-lims-open-letter-to-lee-hsien-loong/

Ling, D. A. (1970/2000). A pentadic analysis of Senator Edward Kennedy’s Address to the People ofMassachussets, July 25, 1969. In Burgchardt, C. (Ed.) Readings in rhetorical criticism. State College, Pennsylvania: Strata Publishing, pp. 223-246.

Longaker, M. G.and Walker, J. (2011). Rhetorical analysis: A brief guide for writers. Boston: Pearson Education.

MacArthur, B. (Ed.). (1996). The Penguin book of historic speeches. London: Penguin Books.

Maier, S.and Kourdi, J. (2010). The 100: Insights and lessons from 100 of the greatest speeches ever delivered. London: Marshall Cavendish International.

Medhurst, M. J. (2010). The history of public address as an academic study. In S. J. Parry-Giles and J. M. Hogan. The handbook of rhetoric and public address. Malden, MA, USA: Blackwell Publishing.

Montefiore, S. S. (2005). Speeches that changed the world. London: Quercus Publishing.

Navera, G. S. (2011). “WAR ON TERROR IS A CURATIVE”: Recontextualization and political myth-making in Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s State of the Nation Addresses (2002-2004). Critical Inquiry in Language Studies 8(4):313-343.

Navera, G. S. (2014). “‘People power’ in Philippine presidential rhetoric: (Re)framing democratic participation in post-authoritarian regimes.” In Kock, C. & Villadsen, L. (eds.) Contemporary rhetorical citizenship. Leiden: Leiden University Press, pp. 205-222.

Parry-Giles, S. J.and Hogan, J. M. (2010). The handbook of rhetoric and public address. Malden, MA, USA: Blackwell Publishing.

Rosteck, T. (1998). Form and cultural context in rhetorical criticism: Re-reading Wrage. Quarterly Journal of Speech, 84, 471-790.

Russel, H. (2009). The politics of hope: The words of Barack Obama. London: New Holland Publishers.

Ryan, Halford Ross. 1982. Kategoria and apologia: On their rhetorical criticism as a speech set. Quarterly Journal of Speech, Volume 68 (1982), 254-261.

Shanmugaratnam, T. (Resource Person) & Sacker, S. (Topic Leader). (2015 May 7). An investigative interview: Singapore 50 years after independence, 45^th St. Gallen Symposium. Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpwPciW74b8

Sheckels, T. F. (2001). The rhetoric of Nelson Mandela: A qualified success. The Howard Journal of Communications, 12, 85-99

Salazar, P. (2002). An African Athens: Rhetoric and the shaping of democracy in South Africa. Mahwah, New Jersey: Lawrence Earlbaum Associates.

Films (supplementary)

Besson-Silla, V., Harris, A., Todt, J. (Producers) & Besson, L. (Director). (2014). The Lady [Motion Picture]. France and the UK: EuropaCorp, Left Bank Pictures, France 2 Cinema. (for Unit 2 comparative essay)

Canning, I., Sherman, E., Unwin, G. (Producers) & Hooper, T. (Director). (2010). The King’s Speech [Motion Picture]. UK: The UK Film Council, See Saw Films, Bedlam Productions.

Colson, C., Winfrey, O., Gardner, D., Kleiner, J. (Producers) & DuVernay, A. (Director). (2014). Selma [Motion Picture]. USA: Plan B Entertainment, Cloud Eight Films, Harpo Films, Pathe. (for Unit 2)

Pitt, B., Gardner, D., Kleiner, J., Pohlad, B., McQueen, S., Milchan, A., Katagas, A. (Producers) & McQueen, S. (Director). (2013). Twelve Years a Slave [Motion Picture]. USA: Regency Enterprises, River Road Entertainment, Plan B, Film 4. (for Unit 1)

Speilberg, S., Kennedy, K. (Producers) & Speilberg, S. (Director). (2012). Lincoln [Motion Picture]. USA: Touchstone Pictures, DreamWorks Pictures, Participant Media, Reliance Entertainment, Amblin Entertainment, The Kennedy/Marshall Company . (for Unit 1)

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