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Jan 28, 2025
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WTNG 300 - Rhetoric in a Global Context
Prerequisites: Successful completion (C- or higher) of WTNG 102
Fulfills the second of two University Core Curriculum requirements in the University Writing Program Fulfills a course requirement in the Professional and Public Writing Core Concentration and Minor
At the heart of this course is the problem of rhetoric: the famous rhetoric and philosophy split whereby the nature of representation is called into question. The history and theory of travel writing provides the means by which students investigate the implications of the split for communicators in the global era. Studying the rhetorical evolution of travel writing, students consider the relationships among situation, audience, purpose and text across time and place. The course emphasizes the interaction between close reading and critical writing.
3 credits
Fall
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