Course Catalog - 2015-2016

     

FWIS 148 - PLAYS AND PLAYING

Long Title: PLAYS AND PLAYING
Department: First-Year Writing Intensive
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Course Type: Seminar
Distribution Group: Distribution Group I
Credit Hours: 3
Restrictions:
May not be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Graduate
Description: The word "play" is complex, even contradictory. We play roles and enact roles, which are and are not our essential selves, but they are not deceitful or inauthentic either. We will explore this theme of acting or not acting, playing or lying, in Shakespeare's Hamlet and other plays.
Course URL: http://pwc.rice.edu/