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: