Writing & Rhetoric 2: Haunted: Rhetoric of Ghosts

Catalog description

PWR 2 courses focus on developing strategies for presenting research-based arguments in both written and oral/multimedia genres. This course takes as its theme ghosts and the various interpretation of the word. We will look at the how the past operates in the present and how historical events and social shifts shape our understanding of the world. We'll consider the blurred boundary between life and death and also between reality and imagination. For full course description see https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr2/pwr2ju. For the PWR 2 course catalog visit https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr-2. Enrollment is handled by the PWR office. Prerequisite: PWR 1.