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Advanced Seminar
WiSe 15/16: Chalkface Rhetorics: The Politics of the Classroom in U.S. Film and Social Media
Alan Taylor
Comments
The practical and ideological role of American formal education has,
since the nation’s inception, been a pivotal agent in articulating its
democratic assumptions and in forwarding its aspirations towards equal
opportunity. From Blackboard Jungle (Brooks, 1955) to The Great Debaters
(Washington, 2007), the subject of schooling has, not surprisingly,
emerged as a challenging and often lucrative Hollywood sub-genre that
uniquely and explicitly addresses issues of hegemony, discourse, and
resistance.
The course will include but then advance beyond such Hollywood
representations of the classroom to critically consider competing
representations of education (from the Public School, the Charter School
to the ‘Corporatized University’) as they have recently emerged across
social media platforms. Our principle goal is to address how these
rhetorical formulations are already instrumental in shaping the charged
education policy debates for the coming 2016 Presidential Election.
Final Student Response Papers will find support in class discussions and
formal lectures as based on selected readings in rhetorical persuasion,
media literacy and educational theory, and as supplemented by related
class viewings close
16 Class schedule
Regular appointments
Wed, 2015-10-14 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2015-10-21 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2015-10-28 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2015-11-04 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2015-11-11 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2015-11-18 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2015-11-25 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2015-12-02 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2015-12-09 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2015-12-16 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2016-01-06 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2016-01-13 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2016-01-20 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2016-01-27 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2016-02-03 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2016-02-10 10:00 - 12:00