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HNRS 83W

Politics and Rhetoric of Literature

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Needs a grade of C or better: C- does not count, and neither does a Passed grade.

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From the registrar's catalog

Seminar, four hours; writing laboratory, two hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36. Examination of relationship among politics, rhetoric, and literature in study of literature from classical times to the present, broadening into general discussions of development of political discourse in Western thought, particularly conflict between self and state, between ideology and the practical business of living. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading.

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