COMS 373 - Rhetorical History of the US

Unit(s): 4

This course explores the history of the United States from the perspective of the rhetoric that shaped historical events. It examines how history has been made and re-made rhetorically. The course analyzes radical social movements and rhetorics of dissent; struggles to expand the public sphere and citizenship rights; the uses of cultural memory; and symbolic constructions of ‘America’.

Prerequisite: COMS 202
College of Arts and Sciences