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Course Schedule - Spring Semester 2017
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FWIS 151 001 (CRN: 24145)
MODERN SATIRE
Long Title: MODERN SATIRE IN FILM AND LITERATURE
Department: First-Year Writing Intensive
Instructor: Adkins, Alexander B.
Meeting: 9:25AM - 10:40AM TR (9-JAN-2017 - 21-APR-2017)
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:
Course Materials: Rice Campus Store
Restrictions:
May not be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Graduate
Section Max Enrollment: 15
Section Enrolled: 15
Enrollment data as of: 19-APR-2024 3:45PM
Final Exam: No Final Exam
Final Exam Time:
29-APR-2017
9:00AM - 12:00PM S
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?