Course Catalog - 2015-2016

     

FWIS 198 - FAMILY IN FICTION AND FILM

Long Title: FAMILY IN FICTION AND FILM
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: This writing-intensive course examines the ways that various writers and filmmakers explore the subject of family. Students will read fiction by Kafka, Baldwin, and Munro, among others, and view films such as Boyhood and Tokyo Story. Writing tasks will include analytical essays and arguments that join scholarly or cultural debates.