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Spring 2011 EN 225: Modern British Literature
Visual Rhetoric (English 387/587) Through readings in a variety of disciplines and through analyses of many different types of images, we will explore some of the ways in which visual information and design are used to influence viewers' opinions, beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors (the art of rhetoric). We will explore questions such as the following: How are pictures perceived and interpreted? How do cultural and social contexts influence viewers' responses to images? Why are images so persuasive? How do images and written text work together to influence readers/viewers?
Honor Seminar (IDM 175): Beauty Team taught with Arlene Haffa from the Chemistry Department, this course will examine the relationship between inner beauty and bodily/facial appearance.
Fall 2010 EN 225: Modern British Literature
WBIS, Section 002: Adventure & Survival The members of the westward adventuring Donner Party were snowbound in Sierra Mountains in the 1840s. Ernest Shackleton’s ship The Endurance was caught in ice in the Antarctic in 1915. These famous stories, combined with the popularity of television programs such as Lost, Survivor, Man vs. Wild, and Survivorman raise the question, What fascination does survival hold for contemporary Americans? What does it mean to survive? Is survival the result of luck, special knowledge, or a bit of both? Given that many adventure stories involve an element of danger and that many great adventures culminated in fights to survive, the topic runs through history and literature. We will explore true and fictional stories of survival and adventure in this course.
EN 386/586: The Rhetoric of Literature . The Effects of Story
Spring 2010 Visual Rhetoric (English 387/587) Through readings in a variety of disciplines and through analyses of many different types of images, we will explore some of the ways in which visual information and design are used to influence viewers' opinions, beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors (the art of rhetoric). We will explore questions such as the following: How are pictures perceived and interpreted? How do cultural and social contexts influence viewers' responses to images? Why are images so persuasive? How do images and written text work together to influence readers/viewers?
Honor Seminar (IDM 175): Beauty Team taught with Arlene Haffa from the Chemistry Department, this course will examine the relationship between inner beauty and bodily/facial appearance.
Fall 2009 WBIS, Section 010: Adventure & Survival The members of the westward adventuring Donner Party were snowbound in Sierra Mountains in the 1840s. Ernest Shackleton’s ship The Endurance was caught in ice in the Antarctic in 1915. These famous stories, combined with the return of veterans who have survived Afghanistan and Iraq and the popularity of television programs such as Lost, Survivor, Man vs. Wild, and Survivorman raise the question, What fascination does survival hold for contemporary Americans? What does it mean to survive? Is survival the result of luck, special knowledge, or a bit of both? Given that many adventure stories involve an element of danger and that many great adventures culminated in fights to survive, the topic runs through history and literature. We will explore true and fictional stories of survival and adventure in this course.
Modern British Literature (English 225)
Advanced Composition: Writing About the Humanities (English 302)
Previous Semesters Spring 2008 The Rhetoric of Literature: Women's Travel Writing (ENG 386/586) . Syllabus WBIS (188) . Creating Identity
Fall 2007 English 390/590: Film & Literary Studies English 387/587: Special Topics in Rhetoric & Composition: Visual Rhetoric
Links International Society for the Study of Travel Writing Conference, October 2004
Links Diana Hacker's A Writer's Reference. Great ideas on doing research, grammar. Notes on Creating a Visual Interpretive Analysis How to analyze a postcard, by Joe Trimmer
About Marguerite Helmers PhD 1992. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Composition and Rhetoric.
Writing Published Online Review of The Soundscapes of Modernity by Emily Thompson. Kairos: A Journal for Teachers of Writing in Webbed Environments 8.1 (2003). Reading Images on the World Wide Web, Teaching with Technology Today 9.5 (January 28, 2003). "Popular Icons and Contemporary Memory: An Apology, Year 2000." Enculturation 3.2. Spring 2002. "The Truth is Here: Strangers in Roswell, New Mexico." Bad Subjects 54: Strangers. 2001. "Using Student-Created Maps to Understand Web Navigation." Technology and the Face of Language Arts in the Classroom CoverWeb. Kairos: A Journal for Teachers of Writing in Webbed Environments 5.1 (Spring 2000).
Courses Taught, selected
History, Memory, Literature. Senior Seminar in English, 481.
Contemporary Cultural Icons. Senior Seminar in English, 481.
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oshkosh, WI 54901
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12/08/2010