Theory and Practice of Visual Rhetoric

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This course introduces students to the fundamental principles and practices of visual rhetoric. Drawing from scholarship in a diverse range of fields such as visual studies, rhetoric and composition, technical communication, and comic studies, this course will consider the rhetorical impact of images as students investigate the ways visuals shape individual and collective thoughts, feelings, and actions. In our time together, students will traverse the field of visual rhetoric in three distinct but interrelated phases: (1) an introduction to the theory and practice of visual rhetoric, (2) a survey of diverse and timely topics in visual rhetoric, and (3) a hands-on approach to putting the fundamental principles of visual rhetoric into practice.