| Title: | Rhetoric of Catastrophe |
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| Course Section Number: | RHE-270-01 |
| Department: | Rhetoric |
| Description: | When Hurricane Katrina struck, what persuaded the people of New Orleans that life could go on? Whether natural or human-made, catastrophe leaves behind two wreckages: the physical ruins and the communicative struggle to restore meaning. Focusing on the latter, this course explores how individuals and communities use rhetoric to rebuild a sense of identity, place, and possibility in the aftermath of disaster, displacement, conflict, and personal loss. Engaging theories of constitutive and restorative rhetoric, place attachment, discourse renewal, risk communication, memory studies, and more, students will develop a critical understanding of how public discourse and personal testimony function as key rhetorical sites of post-catastrophe meaning-making. |
| Credits: | 1.00 |
| Start Date: | August 26, 2026 |
| End Date: | December 19, 2026 |
| Meeting Information: |
08/27/2026-12/17/2026 Lecture Tuesday, Thursday 09:45AM - 11:00AM, Room to be Announced
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| Faculty: | Khan, Azmat |
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