Description
310: Rhetorical Criticism
Goal: To engage with the rhetorical processes of persuasion and contextualization through a practiced, theoretical analysis of texts.
Content: Explore the possible interpretations and multiple meanings open within rhetorical texts such as speeches, film, television, music, websites, sculpture, art, clothing, relational actions, communicative choices, etc. Application of a variety of rhetorical criticism methods culminating in a research project: neo-Aristotelian, cluster, metaphor, generic, fantasy-theme, pentadic, narrative, ideological, and feminist methods.
Taught: Alternate Years.
Prerequisite: COM 103 or permission of instructor.
Credit: 3 hours.