WRTG 4050 - Writing & Cultural Rhetorics

This course explores the rhetorical traditions and practices of diverse communities, typically focusing on the history and contemporary rhetorics of groups who have not been included in the Greco-Roman-Western tradition. Specifically, it examines how these communities develop rhetoric to identify themselves as members of groups and enact political and social change, often by drawing on distinctive cultural resources. Students strongly advised to take WRTG 2010 or equivalent prior to this course.