ENGL 3357 Visual Rhetoric

This course is part of the Rhetoric Branch of the UIW English Department Program. An upper-level course, Visual Rhetoric focuses on the relationship between visual images and culture, examining what visual images mean (interpretation) and what they do (representation). The course is a study in rhetoric, exploring how visuals communicate as signs and symbols and how visuals affect human emotion and behavior. This course introduces students to some of the theories (both rhetorical and literary) explaining how images work to communicate and persuade within a cultural context.

Prerequisite

ENGL 1312, and 2310. (Summer and as needed)