The Rhetoric of Style

General

Prefix

ENGL

Course Number

431

Course Level

Undergraduate

Department/Unit(s)

College/School

College of Liberal Arts

Description

Theories, principles, and practices of style and its political and ethical relationship to the prodution of meaning in a variety of discourse communities. Development of effective stylistic competencies and evaluation of style in cultural artifacts.

Credits

Min

3

Max

3

Repeatable

No

Goals and Diversity

MN Goal Course

No

Cultural Diversity

No

Learning Outcomes

Outcome

Evaluate the rhetorical effectiveness of a diverse range of texts (such as editorials, blogs, websites, television shows, movies, videos, and advertisements ) based upon stylistic characteristics.

Outcome

Explain how socio-cultural and market contexts shape the meaning of rhetorical styles.

Outcome

Analyze the formal properties that constitute a style.

Outcome

Recognize how a rhetoric of style works to construct identities and communities, negotiate power, and create knowledge about social values and beliefs.

Outcome

Situate their own compositional style within a rhetorical framework.

Dependencies

Programs

ENGL431 is a completion requirement for: