Dates: 09/09 - 12/22
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		6:00 pm 9:00 pm JRC 301

Subject: English (Grad) (GENG)

CRN: 41608

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: John Roach Center 301

Requirements Met:
     Identity & Power

  Liz Wilkinson

Using Cheryl Glenn's text RHETORICAL FEMINISM AND THIS THING CALLED HOPE (STUDIES IN RHETORICS AND FEMINISMS), this course will first establish a theoretical lens and then use that lens to make meaning from a wide variety of texts written by women and feminists. Glenn's text "offers an alternative to hegemonic rhetorical histories, theories, and practices articulated in Western culture. [...] Rhetorical feminists establish greater representation and inclusivity of everyday rhetors, disidentification with traditional rhetorical practices, and greater appreciation for alternative means of delivery, including silence and listening. These tenets are supported by a cogent reconceptualization of the traditional rhetorical appeals, situating logos alongside dialogue and understanding, ethos alongside experience, and pathos alongside valued emotion" (Southern Illinois Press). The course will put Glenn's feminist rhetorical theory in conversation with writings from The Portable Feminist Reader edited by Roxanne Gay as well as with selected short stories and poems.

3 Credits

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