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PWR 2SNA

Writing & Rhetoric 2: The Rhetoric of Bodies

UNITS:4
GRADING:Letter (ABCD/NP)
LEVEL:Undergrad
GER:Writing 2

PWR 2 courses focus on developing strategies for presenting research-based arguments in both written and oral/multimedia genres. This course will consider how rhetoric shapes our physical, embodied realities. What significance does the physical, material body have in a world of virtual reality and genetic cloning? How does communication about bodies forge cultural consensus about what types of bodies are normative? How are bodies politicized? A full course description and video can be found here: pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr2/pwr2sna For the PWR course catalog please visit https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/ Enrollment is handled by the PWR office. Prerequisite: PWR 1.

Syllabus for selected term:
View Autumn 2026 Syllabus

Sections

2 Terms
Seminar 1Open
ID: 25447
0 / 17 enrolled
DAYS:Monday, Wednesday
TIME:3:30 PM – 5:20 PM
LOCATION:160-125
INSTRUCTOR:
Hervey, Shannon
4units
Seminar 2Open
ID: 26301
0 / 17 enrolled
DAYS:Monday, Wednesday
TIME:5:30 PM – 7:20 PM
LOCATION:160-125
INSTRUCTOR:
Hervey, Shannon
4units

PWR 2SNA: Writing & Rhetoric 2: The Rhetoric of Bodies

4 units · Letter (ABCD/NP) · GER: Writing 2

PWR 2 courses focus on developing strategies for presenting research-based arguments in both written and oral/multimedia genres. This course will consider how rhetoric shapes our physical, embodied realities. What significance does the physical, material body have in a world of virtual reality and genetic cloning? How does communication about bodies forge cultural consensus about what types of bodies are normative? How are bodies politicized? A full course description and video can be found here: pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr2/pwr2sna For the PWR course catalog please visit https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/ Enrollment is handled by the PWR office. Prerequisite: PWR 1.

Offered in Autumn 2026, Winter 2027 at Stanford University.

Autumn 2026 sections

  • Seminar — Monday Wednesday 3:30 PM – 5:20 PM — 160-125 — Hervey, Shannon (Undergrad)
  • Seminar — Monday Wednesday 5:30 PM – 7:20 PM — 160-125 — Hervey, Shannon (Undergrad)

Winter 2027 sections

  • Seminar — Monday Wednesday 5:30 PM – 7:20 PM — 160-329 — Hervey, Shannon (Undergrad)
  • Seminar — Monday Wednesday 3:30 PM – 5:20 PM — 160-329 — Hervey, Shannon (Undergrad)

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  • PWR 2RE: Writing & Rhetoric 2: The Rhetoric of Good Taste
  • PWR 2RL: Writing & Rhetoric 2: The Rhetoric of the Natural
  • PWR 2RW: Writing & Rhetoric 2: Not Part but Whole: Writing Mixed Race Identity
  • PWR 2SM: Writing & Rhetoric 2: Dirty Pretty Things: The Rhetoric of Objects and Objectification
  • PWR 2SO: Writing & Rhetoric 2: The Rhetoric of Imperfection
  • PWR 2STA: Writing & Rhetoric 2: Machine Reasoning, Rhetorics, and Wrongness
  • PWR 2TD: Writing and Rhetoric 2: The Rhetoric of Global Health
  • PWR 2VK: Writing & Rhetoric 2: Framing Reality: The Rhetoric of Documentaries
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