WTNG 322 - Advancing Public Argument
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 Minor and Core Concentration
Equality. Knowledge. Happiness. Freedom. The public sphere is where the meaning and implications of these words are constantly defined, contested and renegotiated. Beginning with readings that offer definitions of rhetoric role in the public sphere itself, students read a wide range of historical and contemporary public discourses that have sought to advance persuasive arguments to the American citizenry. By analyzing a variety of public genres (letters, photographs, speeches, film, statistics, art installations) with attention to the ways authors deploy the rhetorical appeals of ethos, logos, and pathos, students gain fluency as critically engaged citizens, able to participate in the reading, writing, and resisting of on-going public arguments. Writing projects privilege student interest but emphasize the development of visual, cultural, and quantitative rhetoric’s.
3 credits
Alternate Spring
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