Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2019
Publication Title
Writing In and About the Performing and Visual Arts Creating, Performing, and Teaching
Abstract
The chapter focuses on the importance of teaching visual rhetoric by examining a multimodal first-year writing course unit that asks students to create concert posters for their favorite bands or musical artists. In addition, students produce explanatory essays that translate their creation process into words, representing their imaginations on paper. Soriano discusses the ways that this unit has improved and enriched the writing of many of her students, including poster examples and supplemental materials for instructors who might want to adopt this assignment and challenge their students to invade their own “nonlistening spaces.”
Recommended Citation
Soriano, Maria Lynn, "Words, Pictures, and the “Nonlistening Space”: Visual Design and Popular Music as Forms of Performance in First-Year Writing" (2019). 2019 Faculty Bibliography. 60.
https://collected.jcu.edu/fac_bib_2019/60
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