WR 322 - Gendered Rhetoric

(3.00 cr.)

A study of the differences between historically privileged masculine and traditionally devalued feminine methods of communicating. Focuses on the effects of gender on language use in our culture. Students develop their abilities to recognize and then assume the stance most appropriate to subject and audience. Proceeds under the assumption that to become "bilingual" is to become more sophisticated as writers and more knowledgeable about issues of writing.

Prerequisite: WR 220 or written permission of the instructor.
Interdisciplinary Studies: IG

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