Course Schedule and Catalog
Course Catalog - 2014-2015
FWIS 158 - CULTURAL CONTEXTS OF HORROR
Long Title: THE CULTURAL CONTEXTS OF HORROR
Department: First-Year Writing Intensive
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Distribution Group: Distribution Group I
Credit Hours: 3
Description: This course will use textual, historical, and social analysis to examine why and how three classic horror archetypes (the robot, zombie, and vampire) reflect our cultural fears concerning alienation, consumerism, desire, sexuality, racism, modernity, and technology.
Course URL: http://pwc.rice.edu/