Truthiness and Consequences: Balancing the Content-Driven Rhetoric Classroom
Author: Aaron MercierImage Credit: Photo by Webrageous, Captions by Aaron MercierWhen I decided to make my rhetoric and writing course about “truthiness” as Stephen Colbert defines it—something that...
View ArticleThe Chicken In the Egg: Theme and Comp in the Truthy Classroom, Revisted
Author: Aaron MercierImage Credit: uggoyI want to revisit my post from last semester today, because it dealt with the lessons of grading the first major assignment in my first advanced composition...
View ArticleA Course of Ice and Fire: on Literary-Critical Pairings
Author: Aaron MercierImage Credit: Aubrey BeardsleyWhen I was getting my B.A. at the University of British Columbia in the early 2000's, the English professors there assigned primary text readings...
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