Course Schedule and Catalog
Course Schedule - Fall Semester 2018
FWIS 140 001 (CRN: 14353)
FILM, FICTION, AND HISTORY
Long Title: IMAGINING THE PAST: FILM, FICTION, AND HISTORY
Department: First-Year Writing Intensive
Instructor: Derrick, Scott
Meeting: 1:00PM - 2:15PM TR RZR 205 (20-AUG-2018 - 30-NOV-2018)
Session: 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: 15
Section Enrolled: 17
Enrollment data as of: 30-SEP-2023 10:57AM
Final Exam: No Final Exam
Final Exam Time:
7-DEC-2018
9:00AM - 12:00PM F TBA TBA
Description: In the twentieth century and beyond, movies and television serve as an important source of mythologized national narratives (or somewhat “faked news”) from war movies, to westerns, to “biopics” of figures such as Kenneth Turing. Are their patterns of distortion at work, we can identify? How do we correct them?