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ENGL 104

Rhetoric in Popular Culture

Undergraduate

Winter 2021

Topics

  • Rhetorical analysis of popular culture
  • Narrative and dramatic approaches
  • Gender, class, and race
  • Visual and media-centred perspectives
  • Music and cultural critique

Readings

  • Rhetoric in Popular Culture
    Barry Brummett · 5th edition · required
  • Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
    Alison Bechdel · required
  • Media examples include Hamilton, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Survivor: China, Among Us, and BTS/Childish Gambino music videos.
    unspecified
Sources