COM-301 Rhetorical Criticism

GER: WR (Writing-Research Intensive) and TA (Critical, Analytical Interpretation of Texts)
Prerequisite: COM-201
Survey the methods of analysis, from a perspective of discourse as social action embedded in audiences and constraints. Includes criticism for public and academic goals, and from speech texts toward all types of artifacts. Theories include text-based, sociological, critical/materialist, dramatic/performative, and qualitative/quantitative studies. Students will analyze one text (oral, written, visual, spatial, or performed) over the entire semester. 4 credits.