Mar 28, 2024  
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2022-23 
    
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2022-23 [Archived Catalog]

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ENG 3270 - Queer Rhetorics and Writing


Attention will be paid to rhetorical (intent, purpose, and audience) and composing contexts of queer writings including social and political issues facing queer writers. The term queer will be considered as a term that emerges both in opposition to and in support of gay identities. Readings for discussion and analysis might include a variety of texts such as narrative, memoir, graphic novels, and academic research and theory.

Requisites: ENG 2010 or 2020 or 250 or 2 courses above ENG 200 or (Jr or Sr)
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Define and understand rhetorical queer contexts and exigencies.
  • Display an understanding of why queer writing and rhetorical issues are important to composition, rhetoric, and literature.
  • Rhetorically analyze a variety of texts through queer and heteronormative frameworks.
  • Understand some of the key rhetorical, social, and political issues facing queer writers.
  • Understand the potential questions of identity within queer rhetorics.



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