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FWIS 198 001 (CRN: 16951)
THE ESSAY AS LITERATURE
Long Title: THE ESSAY AS LITERATURE: MONTAIGNE AND HIS LEGACY
Department: First-Year Writing Intensive
Instructor: Nixon, Burke
Meeting: 2:00PM - 2:50PM MWF (26-AUG-2024 - 6-DEC-2024)
Part of Term: First Year Writing
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Method of Instruction: Face to Face
Credit Hours: 3
Course Syllabus:
Course Materials: Rice Campus Store
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Undergraduate Professional
Visiting Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Section Max Enrollment: 16
Section Enrolled: 16
Enrollment data as of: 28-SEP-2024 8:31PM
Final Exam: No Final Exam
Description: This FWIS will treat the essay as a genre that is just as artful and worthy of attention as poetry, fiction, or drama. We’ll begin with Montaigne, the inventor of the form, and consider how his legacy has been embraced and complicated by essayists and educators in our own time. Along the way, we’ll read and write a variety of critical, personal, and scholarly essays, strengthening our abilities as writers, readers, and thinkers.