Narrative Thinking and Writing
Rhetoric and Communications · 3 hrs Lecture
Offered: Fall Or Winter
RHET-3255 prerequisites
We couldn't read this course's prerequisites into a chain. The wording is under “Requisite courses” below.
Where RHET-3255 counts
Counts toward 3 more as one option among several, not as a course you must take:
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Description
Students in this course consider narrative as a way of thinking or mode of knowing, rather than as a method of transcription. They focus on the narrative methodologies of autobiographical criticism and ethnography by examining texts that represent early and recent examples of each. Working with autobiographical criticism, students consider how feminist theory has been instrumental in the development of criticism that foregrounds the connection between self and text. Turning to ethnography, students examine changes in the relationship between observer and field. In addition to considering these issues as readers of narrative, students are asked to write narratives that engage issues requiring analysis and to reflect on how narration both enables and inhibits the development of ideas.
Requisite courses
Any section of Academic Writing or exemption from the writing requirement and completion of 24 credit hours [prerequisite(s)].
Restrictions
Students may not hold credit for this course and ENGL-2150 | RHET-2150.
From the 2026-27 undergraduate calendar. Always verify details on WebAdvisor or with an academic advisor before registering.