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Rhetoric and Public Commemoration (314-0-1)

Instructors

Randall Edward Iden

Meeting Info

Frances Searle Building 1483: Tues, Thurs 11:00AM - 12:20PM

Overview of class

Every day, as we negotiate the events of the present and our plans for the future, we reference a collective memory of the past. Our collective memory, however, is a disputed space, open to radically different interpretations. This course seeks to understand how rhetorical practice determines the ways that collective experiences are reduced to historical or social truth. Students will have the opportunity to research and critique memorials or other artifacts of the past. We will explore the individual and social experience of memory and the role it plays in creating shared and contested identities.