Course Schedule - Spring Semester 2015

     

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FWIS 158 001 (CRN: 24096)

CULTURAL CONTEXTS OF HORROR

Long Title: THE CULTURAL CONTEXTS OF HORROR
Department: First-Year Writing Intensive
Instructor: Saikin, Anna T.
Meeting: 4:00PM - 5:15PM TR (12-JAN-2015 - 24-APR-2015) 
Part of Term: First Year Writing
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Distribution Group: Distribution Group I
Method of Instruction: Face to Face
Credit Hours: 3
Course Syllabus:
 
Section Max Enrollment: 15
Section Enrolled: 15
Enrollment data as of: 3-MAY-2024 12:11PM
 
Additional Fees: None
 
Final Exam: No Final Exam
 
Description: This course will use textual, historical, and social analysis to examine why and how three classic horror archetypes (the robot, zombie, and vampire) reflect our cultural fears concerning alienation, consumerism, desire, sexuality, racism, modernity, and technology.
 
Course URL: http://pwc.rice.edu/