Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Blog Posting #3
I do think this class has raised a lot of questions in my head regarding language, but more specifically, rhetoric. I’m not an English major so until now I was completely unaware of what rhetoric was. I am not totally convinced that all language is meant to be persuasive but I am at least pondering the idea which is a lot more than I can say for before this course started. I like how we have open discussions and it seems like everyone feels comfortable enough to contribute. I also like the freedom we have to write whatever we are thinking about on our blogs. It helps everyone to get to know each other better than we could just meeting a couple times a week. The articles we read the first couple classes were really interesting and fun to talk about—maybe we could read more of those. I know it’s important to understand all of the theories too, but the other articles were more entertaining. I think it is helpful that you lead the discussions/lectures with a thesis to guide us; without the thesis I bet we could go off on a bunch of random tangents. Anyways I think this class is great and completely not what I expected.
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When I was commenting my other peers they seem to say the same thing about the class and I would have to definetley agree with you. My favorite part of the class is when the class discusses their own opinion and sometimes relate it with a story. And if he didn't give the thesis we all would bring up many different topics. Good thing the topic is very specific and he explains what he is looking for.
ReplyDeleteI agree that this class is completely different than what I expected. I am an English major so I can't quit relate on that topic, but on everything else I can. I love this class and it is actually my favorite class of the semester.
ReplyDeleteThis class is definitely different from other english classes I have taken. I liked some of the first few readings as well. I enjoy reading about real people and their struggles/acomplishments with language. It demonstrates how unique everyone's dealings with language truly are. I also think the blogs are a great idea, especially for those comments/concerns/random thoughts that some of us might not want to say in person in class.
ReplyDeleteI agree that I don't think all language is meant to be persuasive. However, I think the point is that all language can be perceived as being persuasive. I think that makes more sense. Not everyone is walking around trying to persuade each other, at least not knowingly. Yet, if the perceiver is looking hard enough and has their mind open I think they can always find persuasion in language.
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