ENG 4020 Fall 2019 Fleckenstein

English 4020 introduces students to the range and power of rhetorical praxis: theory as it intersects with practice. The course includes an overview of various rhetorical theories and provides opportunities for an application of those theories. This configuration of English 4020 focuses specifically on the relationship between rhetoric and (non)violence, exploring the ways in which rhetoric enacts, legitimates, and promotes (non)violence. Please note the use of the term (non)violence, for, if rhetoric performs, justifies, or initiates violence, it is also (potentially) facilitates nonviolence. We investigate the possibilities of both throughout our time together this semester. Grades will be based on two in-class essay exams, two projects, one final course paper, and class participation.