Speakers and speeches that have had a significant impact will be viewed or heard and evaluated. Speakers include women and minorities. Types of speeches include inaugurals, political keynotes, war-related speeches, speeches of self defense and special occasion speeches. Methods of criticism include neo-Aristotelian, Fantasy Theme analysis, Burke's dramatistic pentad, metaphoric criticism and feminist criticism. Offered Semester II, alternate years.
Students apply methods to examples of public discourse to analyze and evaluate messages.
Offered Semester II, alternate years. Theory and practice of analyzing and understanding literacy texts as exemplary communication acts through solo performance. Participants observe and critique their own and others' performances. Offered Semester II, alternate years. This course is designed to explore the various dimensions of nonverbal communication in human interaction.