Course Schedule and Catalog
Course Catalog - 2016-2017
FWIS 151 - MODERN SATIRE
Long Title: MODERN SATIRE IN FILM AND LITERATURE
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: By surveying works of satire across different mediums, movies, TV shows, novels, and political cartoons - this course will reach some tentative ideas about the genre's social role. How does it work? What is the value of its shock value? Is it morally justified, or let us indulge our cruelest instincts?
Course URL: http://pwc.rice.edu/