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Course Schedule - Fall Semester 2015
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FWIS 198 001 (CRN: 14508)
FAMILY IN FICTION AND FILM
Long Title: FAMILY IN FICTION AND FILM
Department: First-Year Writing Intensive
Instructor: Nixon, Burke
Meeting: 11:00AM - 11:50AM MWF (24-AUG-2015 - 4-DEC-2015)
Part of Term: First Year Writing
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Distribution Group: Distribution Group I
Method of Instruction: Face to Face
Credit Hours: 3
Course Syllabus:
Section Max Enrollment: 15
Section Enrolled: 12
Enrollment data as of: 23-APR-2024 9:05PM
Final Exam: No Final Exam
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.