CMN 538

Fall 2017

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Seminar Rhetorical Theory
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Credit: 4 hours.

Study of special topics in the history of rhetorical theory.

May be repeated to a maximum of 16 hours.

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53581
Lecture-Discussion
1
2:00PM -4:50PM
T
4007 Lincoln Hall
Cisneros, J
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
08/28/17-12/13/17
Section Title:
On Bodies & the Body Politic
Section Info:
This class will seek to unpack the idea of the “body politic” from two angles: politicized physical bodies (e.g., citizens) and the political or social body (e.g., the nation state). We’ll seek to understand the history and deployment of this metaphor as a descriptor of a social/political body and the assumptions it carries about normative and non-normative physical bodies (e.g., law-abiding, able-bodied). We’ll explore the ways in which the contours of the national political body have been delineated by marking and then politicizing certain bodies (e.g., through race, gender, sex, and criminality). We’ll consider whether and how the materiality of bodies (corporeality, emplacement, mobility) has been used to undermine the politicized, and oftentimes exclusionary, construction of the U.S. body politic. We will read widely across disciplines and study both classical and contemporary/recent works.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
57571
Lecture-Discussion
2
2:00PM -4:50PM
W
4103 Lincoln Hall
Murphy, J
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
08/28/17-12/13/17
Section Title:
The Obama Persuasion
Section Info:
This course explores the public address of Barack Obama. In the class, we'll seek to trace the basic contours of his body of rhetoric and, in a larger sense, of his presidency and times. The course will focus on primary and secondary sources, with a variety of concepts being brought to bear on specific texts during each week of the class. We seek to understand the lineaments of his persuasion--the basic elements that make up his appeal to the American public.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
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