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Course Schedule - Spring Semester 2025
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FWIS 219 002 (CRN: 26379)
THE BEAUTY OF THE BEAST
Long Title: THE BEAUTY OF THE BEAST: TELLING AND RE-TELLING THE TALE AS OLD AS TIME
Department: First-Year Writing Intensive
Instructor: Cook, Nina
Meeting: 10:00AM - 10:50AM MWF (13-JAN-2025 - 25-APR-2025)
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: 15
Enrollment data as of: 13-MAR-2025 12:53PM
Final Exam: No Final Exam
Final Exam Time:
4-MAY-2025
9:00AM - 12:00PM U
Description: This course examines filmic and literary adaptations of “Beauty and the Beast” from the “original” 1740 French version to the present day. It asks how the tale reflects cultural anxieties and fears and reinforces problematic representations of gender roles, toxic masculinity, and the tenuous fairy-tale conflation of goodness and beauty.