ENC 3021 Summer 2023 Wimberly

ENC 3021 serves as an introduction to rhetorical theory and practice and will explore a diverse body of texts from both Western & non-Western sources. This course positions rhetoric as a kind of meaning-making - or as one of the primary influences that shape how we make sense of, and react to, the world around us. With this definition in mind, we will explore rhetorical theory and practice through three guiding questions:

1.     How has rhetoric been understood in civic, public, academic, political, and social contexts?
2.     In what ways has rhetorical studies addressed questions of public culture, civic participation and engagement, and the socio-political presence of discourse in modern society?
3.     How can rhetoric be utilized, analyzed, and re-theorized to better illuminate and confront problems of public culture?