English 3135: Visual Rhetoric

Autor/in	Gatta, Oriana
Titel	English 3135: Visual Rhetoric
Quelle	In: Composition Studies, 41 (2013) 2, S.78-97 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1534-9322
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; Unterricht; Lehrer; Rhetoric; Visual Arts; Visual Aids; Cartoons; Writing (Composition); Curriculum Design; Feminism; Critical Theory; Definitions; Popular Culture; Instructional Materials; Visualization; Undergraduate Students; Student Centered Curriculum; Georgia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lesson concept; Instruction; Unterrichtsentwurf; Unterrichtsprozess; Teacher; Teachers; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Rhetorik; Optische Gestaltung; Anschauungsmaterial; Zeichentrickfilm; Schreibübung; Lehrplangestaltung; Feminismus; Kritische Theorie; Begriffsbestimmung; Popkultur; Lehrmaterial; Lehrmittel; Unterrichtsmedien; Visualisation; Visualisierung
Abstract	As an advanced rhetoric and composition doctoral student, I taught Engl 3135: Visual Rhetoric, a three-credit upper-level course offered by the Department of English at Georgia State University. Mary E. Hocks originally designed this course in 2000 to, in her words, "introduce visual information design theories and practices for writers [and] examine the use of visual meanings in the production of texts, the influence of visual culture on written discourse, and audience-centered document design" ("Undergraduate"). My own research interests include visual rhetoric/culture, feminist theory/pedagogy, critical theory/pedagogy, digital media/pedagogy, and comics studies, and as evidence of the rhet/comp program's deep commitment to graduate student professionalization, I was encouraged to redesign Visual Rhetoric to more specifically reflect these interests. My redesign resulted in a course that employed comics studies as a generative framework on which we built theoretically, historically, and culturally informed definitions of visual rhetoric. Students used these definitions to analyze contemporary popular culture and compose their own research-based arguments in comic book form. To view the course website, please visit: http://criticalrevisions.wordpress.com/. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	University of Cincinnati. Department of English, P.O. Box 210069, Cincinnati, OH 45221. Tel: 513-556-6519; Fax: 513-556-5960; e-mail: compstudies@uc.edu; Web site: http://www.uc.edu/journals/composition-studies.html
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Update	2020/1/01