ENGLISH 758

Advanced Studies in Rhetoric and Composition

Please note: this is archived course information from 2022 for ENGLISH 758.

Description

An investigation of writing practice, taking up situated, instrumental and political aspects central to rhetorical theory throughout history from Aristotle and Cicero to Bakhtin, Habermas, Burke, Anzaldúa and Gates. Considers issues that have served to focus the work of commentators and theorists, including cognitive process theory, language as social semiotic, gender and literacy studies and writing for new technologies.

Availability 2022

Not taught in 2022

Lecturer(s)

TBA

Points

ENGLISH 758: 15 points