Course Schedule and Catalog
Course Schedule - Fall Semester 2018
FSEM 100 001 (CRN: 13620)
ROMANCING RELIGION
Long Title: ROMANCING RELIGION: NARRATIVES OF THE SACRED
Department: Humanities Division
Instructor: Fanger, Claire
Meeting: 2:00PM - 4:50PM W MLC 104 (20-AUG-2018 - 30-NOV-2018)
Session: Full Term
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:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Undergraduate Professional
Visiting Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Must have matriculated during one of the following Academic Year(s):
Fall 2018 - Spring 2019
Section Max Enrollment: 15
Section Enrolled: 1
Total Cross-list Max Enrollment: 15
Total Cross-list Enrolled: 4
Enrollment data as of: 6-JUN-2023 5:04PM
Final Exam: No Final Exam
Final Exam Time:
8-DEC-2018
2:00PM - 5:00PM S TBA TBA
Description: This course examines links between religious experience and romance narrative taking the grail as a focal point. We start with grail legends in the middle ages, explore historical associations of the grail with medieval Christianity, and end with quest narratives and grail motifs in modern occultism, fiction and film. This course is limited to first-year students only, any others will be removed from this course. Cross-list: RELI 100, MDEM 100.