ENC 3021 - Spring 2025 - Sanders

Rhetoric introduces students to key concepts and frameworks useful for analysis of texts, events, and communication. Students will apply rhetorical frames to various “texts,” e.g., Lloyd Bitzer's theory of rhetorical situation highlighting the role of audience, purpose, and occasion. This course emphasizes a variety of rhetorics including the Western rhetorical tradition, feminist rhetorics, and global Black rhetorics. We will consider how rhetoric shapes and continues to shape history, cultures, identities, and discourses.