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| 31 August | Introduction to the Course |
| 2 Sep | Unit 1. Literature and Language of the Pandemic *Jill Lepore, “What Our Contagion Fables Are Really About” |
| 7 Sep | *Daniel Defoe, Journal of a Plague Year (selections) |
| 9 Sep | Guest Lecture: Jana Fedtke, “Street Art as Sprayed Solidarity: Global Corona Graffiti” |
| 14 Sep | *Edgar Allen Poe, “The Masque of the Red Death” |
| 16 Sep | *Marisa Parham, “Hashtag. Curatorial Statement” *Ashleigh Stewart, “What’s Trending During the Coronavirus Pandemic? A definitive Guide to the most used hashtags” |
| 21 Sep | *Leah Ceccarelli, “Defending Science: How the art of rhetoric can help” |
| 23 Sep | Mini-project 1 work Mini-project due 28 Sep |
| 28 Sep | Unit 2. Street Art: Rhetoric of the Visual |
| 30 Sep | *Valerie Cozza, “Getting the Word Out! Public Street Art for Rhetorical Study” |
| 5 Oct | *Read both articles, annotate one article: Nohad Elhajj, “Graffiti Creates Positive Human Rights Narratives in Lebanon” Hannah Elansary, “Revolutionary Street Art: Complicating the Discourse” |
| 7 Oct | *Will Ellsworth-Jones, “The Story Behind Banksy” |
| 12 Oct | Mini-project 2 work Mini-project 2 due 14 Oct |