CMN 756 (01) - Rhetorics of Display

This course examines a selection of displays with the goal of acquiring perspective for understanding and evaluating how they engage with people who come into contact with them. Displays examined range among oratory, photographs, advertisements, films, architecture, monuments, and statuary, public demonstrations, and presentations of self. Attention is given to questions about identity and belonging, authenticity and simulation, and public memory. Students are required to have taken two 500 level CMN courses (C-) to take this course, unless granted instructor permission.