ENGLISH 365

Special Topic in Writing Studies: Rhetoric, Public and Community

Description

Considers issues related to writing for the public sphere, both global and local. This course examines modern efforts to define the public sphere in terms of a space for social communication and action, but also as a quasi-political structure. It also investigates, in theory and practice, the roles of rhetoric and rhetorical criticism in maintaining communities and publics, including counterpublics.

Availability 2012

Semester 2

Lecturer(s)

Coordinator(s)  Roger Nicholson

Points

ENGLISH 365: 15.0 points

Prerequisites

30 points at Stage II in Writing Studies