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Tentative Course Schedule
Note: Syllabus is subject to change; however, I will always alert you to any changes.
Week 1
| Date | Day | Topic | Reading Due | Writing Due |
| 8/30 | W | Introduction to Genre Analysis
Unit 1: Genre Theory
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Week 2
| Date | Day | Topic | Reading Due | Writing Due |
| 9/4 | M | Labor Day
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| 9/6 | W | Understanding Rhetoric and
Rhetorical Analysis |
Rhetoric
Jennifer Richards
Genre by John Frow Chapter 1 |
Reading Response
Proposal: Assignment 1- Profile of a Social Movement
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Week 3
| Date | Day | Topic | Reading Due | Writing Due |
| 9/11 | M | Theoretical Concepts | The Theory Toolbox
Jeffrey T Nealon and Susan Searls Giroux Chapters 5 and 6
Genre by John Frow Chapters 2 |
Reading Response |
| 9/13 | W | Theoretical
Concepts |
The Theory Toolbox
Jeffrey T Nealon and Susan Searls Giroux Chapters 8 and 10
Genre by John Frow Chapters 3 |
Reading Response
Bibliography for Course Research Paper |
Week 4
| Date | Day | Topic | Reading Due | Writing Due |
| 9/18 | M | Genre Theory | The Theory Toolbox
Jeffrey T Nealon and Susan Searls Giroux Chapter 11
Genre by John Frow Chapter 4 |
Reading Response |
| 9/20 | W | Genre Theory | The Theory Toolbox
Jeffrey T Nealon and Susan Searls Giroux Chapters 13
Genre by John Frow Chapter 5 |
Reading Response |
Week 5
| Date | Day | Topic | Reading Due | Writing Due |
| 9/25 | M | Genre
by John Frow Chapter 6 |
Reading Response | |
| 9/27 | W | Peer Review Workshop
Introduction to Unit 2 Unit 2 Advertisements, Issue Advocacy, and Promotional Discourse |
Rough Draft- Assignment 1
Profile of a Social Movement
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Week 6
| Date | Day | Topic | Reading Due | Writing Due |
| 10/2 | M | Unit 2
Advertisements, Issue Advocacy, and Promotional Discourse |
Ads, Fads, & Consumer Culture
By Arthur Asa Berger (Excerpts will be provided) |
Final Draft- Assignment 1
Profile of a Social Movement |
| 10/4 | W | Unit 2
Advertisements, Issue Advocacy, and Promotional Discourse |
Persuasive Advertising: Evidenced Based Principles
By J. Scott Armstrong (Excerpts will be provided) |
Reading Response |
Week 7
| 10/9 | M | Unit 3
News Articles, Editorials, and Social Media |
Constructing Crime: Perspectives on Making News and Social Problems
By Gary W. Potter and Victor E. Kappeler (Excerpts will be provided)
A Church, a School: Pulitzer Prize-winning Civil Rights Editorials from the Atlanta Constitution by Ralph McGill Pages ix-54 |
Reading Response
Bring example to discuss in class (news article or social media) Proposal: Assignment 2 Profile of Chosen Genre |
| 10/11 | W | Unit 3
News Articles, Editorials, and Socia Media |
Constructing Crime: Perspectives on Making News and Social Problems
(Excerpts will be provided)
A Church, a School: Pulitzer Prize-winning Civil Rights Editorials from the Atlanta Constitution by Ralph McGill Pages 55-92 |
Reading Response |
Week 8
| 10/16 | M | Unit 3
News Articles, Editorials, and Social Media |
Miley, CNN, and The Onion: When fake news becomes realer than real
By Dan Berkowitz and David Asa Schwartz (Article Provided) |
Reading Response |
| 10/18 | W | Unit 3
News Articles Editorials |
Spreadable Spectacle in Digital Culture: Civic Expression, Fake News, and the Role of Media Literacies in “Post-Fact” Society
By Paul Mihailidis and Samantha Viotty (Article Provided) |
Reading Response |
Week 9
| 10/23 | M | Peer Review | Rough Draft Assignment 2
Profile of Chosen Genre |
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| 10/25 | W | Final Draft Assignment 2
Profile of Chosen Genre |
Week 10
| 10/30 | M | Unit 4
Narratives, Memoirs, and Folklore |
The Meaning of Folklore
By Alan Dundes (Excerpts Provided) |
Reading Response
Proposal: Assignment 3, Analysis of Rhetorical Artifact |
| 11/1 | W | Unit 4
Narratives, Memoirs, and Folklore |
The Meaning of Folklore
By Alan Dundes (Excerpts Provided) |
Reading Response |
Week 11
| 11/6 | M | Unit 4
Narratives, Memoirs, and Folklore |
Stories of Change: Narrative and Social Movements
by Joseph E. Davis Chapters 1 through 6 |
Reading Response |
| 11/8 | W | Unit 4
Narratives, Memoirs, and Folklore |
Stories of Change: Narrative and Social Movements
by Joseph E. Davis Chapters 7 through 10 |
Reading Response |
Week 12
| 11/13 | M | Unit 4
Narratives, Memoirs, and Folklore |
Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza, Fourth Edition
by Gloria Anzaldua Chapters 1 through 5 |
Reading Response |
| 11/15 | W | Unit 4
Narratives, Memoirs, and Folklore |
Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza, Fourth Edition
by Gloria Anzaldua Chapters 6 through 7 |
Reading Response |
Week 13
| 11/20 | M | Rough Draft Workshop | Rough Draft of Assignment 3, Analysis of Rhetorical artifact | |
| 11/22 | W | Introduction to Unit 5 Peer Reviewed Journal Articles,
Official Documents, and Authoritative Discourse |
No Class. Reading Response Activity to be Completed Online.
Who’s Afraid of Peer Review By John Bohannon (Article Provided) |
Final Draft of Assignment 3, Analysis of Rhetorical Artifact |
Week 14
| 11/27 | M | Unit 5 Peer Reviewed Journal Articles,
Official Documents, and Authoritative Discourse |
Genre of Power: Police Report Writers and Readers in the Justice System |
Reading Response
Proposal: Assignment 4, Full Course Research Paper |
| 11/29 | W | Unit 5 Peer Reviewed Journal Articles,
Official Documents, and Authoritative Discourse |
Genre of Power: Police Report Writers and Readers in the Justice System by Leslie Seawright |
Reading Response |
Week 15
| 12/4 | M | Unit 6
Music and Sound |
Music and Social Movements
By William F Danaher (Article Provided) |
Reading Response |
| 12/6 | W | Unit 6 Music and Sound | Into Sound … Once More with Feeling
By Michael Bull and Les Back (Excerpt Provided) |
Reading Response |
Week 16
| 12/11 | M | Course Wrap Up | Rough Draft Work Shop | Rough Draft of Assignment 4, Full Course Research Paper
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| Final Draft of Assignment 4, Full Course Research Paper, due December 15 |