Get a 1-hour sampling of the power of a Notre Dame liberal arts education with the College of Arts & Letters' Crash Course series on home football Fridays! Each event features an A&L professor leading a class session pulled directly from some of the most popular and riveting courses on campus.
"Great Speeches" with John Duffy
English
English
This course examines the rhetoric of great speakers and speeches throughout history. In studying speeches by such figures as Pericles, Abraham Lincoln, Sojourner Truth, Ronald Reagan, Barack Obama, and others, we seek to understand what makes a great speech. Why do some speeches resonate long after they were delivered, while others are quickly and perhaps mercifully forgotten? We consider the performance of the speaker, the artistry of the language, the psychology of the audience, and the historical context in which the speech was delivered.
Alumni, friends, prospective students and their parents, and anyone else on campus are welcome to come participate in these explorations of fascinating topics.
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