ENGL 488F - Queer Rhetorical Theory and Practice

(3 units)

Prerequisite(s): ENGL 100B or GE English Composition (Area 1A).
Rhetorical theory and practices from queer perspectives, exploring closeting, replacing guilt with anger, owning opacity, denaturalizing settler homonationalism, queer generosity, and reading/throwing shade. Assignments will support students’ exploration of queer rhetorical theory and practicing writing from various queer rhetorical positions.

Both grading options. May be repeated to a maximum of 12 units with different topics in the same semester, but no more than 6 units may be applied to the English major.