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Dec 26, 2024
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COMS 8350 - Studies in American Rhetoric
This course surveys examples of American rhetoric, broadly construed to include rhetorical traditions of native peoples before European contact as well as genres of public address and other rhetorical forms in many media across the political, social, and media history of the United States. The communication discipline’s critical approaches to the various ideological, regional, and demographic traditions of American rhetoric are central to the course. Students gain a foundation for research in both historical and contemporary American rhetoric, especially as manifestations of the ancient rhetorical principle of kairos–appropriateness to time, place, and circumstances.
Requisites:
Credit Hours: 4
Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 4.0 seminar
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Students will be able to describe and compare rhetorical and ideological features of major American traditions of public address and other expression, both discursive and imaginative, in various media from eras before European contact to the present.
- Students will be able to explain, compare, and apply appropriate critical approaches for analyzing American rhetorical practices across historical and demographic traditions.
- Students will be able to research, analyze, and evaluate at least one major example for its historical and contemporary relevance to American rhetorical traditions.
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