SPEE 35 Rhetorics of Stuttering

This course is about voice. We will explore how voice can be inextricably entwined with identity, self-image, and speaker ethos, and what can happen when voice does not meet conventional ideas of a “good” voice—when the voice stutters and stops and stalls as a direct afront to fluency and flow. At the same time, this is a course about dialogue and communication, about persuasion and influence, about meaning making and politics and health and psychology and rhetoric—the role of voice, and the stuttering voice, in these areas and more. Whether or not you stutter, taking this class will offer an exploration of the deeply personal, often public process of sharing ideas through speech, offering insight into how we might listen more carefully to underheard voices.

Degree Requirement Attributes

Dist:SOC; WCult:CI

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Department-Specific Course Categories

Institute for Writing and Rhetoric