Academic Calendar 2015/2016 - Language and Rhetoric

ENGL 2025  Language and Rhetoric

Prerequisites:

Three credits of 1000 level ENGL (excluding ENGL 1551 and ENGL 1552).

Hours:

Two hours of lecture and one hour of seminar per week.

Credits:

6

Description:

Language, broadly understood, is any form of communication, whether verbal (the spoken or written word), visual (the static or moving image), or a combination of verbal and visual (in print, on the stage, or in media). Rhetoric is the art of persuasion through the effective use of language. This course introduces students to the classical foundations, historical developments and contemporary theory and practice of language and rhetoric (i.e., writing well), with attention to the ideological and cultural issues implicated in effective communication. Topics include the theory, history, practice, and ideology of language and rhetoric (i.e., modes of persuasion, instruction, notions of audience, grammar, etymology, the history of the language, register, tone, and voice). Specific content varies from year to year.