ENG 354 Contemporary Rhetorical Theory
Rhetoric has gotten a bad rap. It’s often used to describe vacuous, insincere, and dangerous speech. But is this accurate? This course will introduce you to the interdisciplinary commitments of rhetorical theory, pushing beyond techniques of persuasion to ask what it means to assume a rhetorical stance toward public life. Readings and discussion will interrogate issues of power, agency, citizenship, embodiment, personhood, and materiality to think about rhetoric as an orientation to (inter)acting in the world.
Instructor
Staff