Rhetorical Criticism

Catalog description

This course is designed to examine the theories, methods, and applications of rhetoric and rhetorical theory. This course will give students an introduction to the thinkers and movements in rhetorical history and examine rhetorical studies most significant to popular culture. This course includes the study of various rhetorical perspectives including Neo-Aristotelian, Narrative, Dramatistic, Feminist, Marxist and Media Effects perspectives.