Course Schedule and Catalog
Course Schedule - Spring Semester 2022
FWIS 193 002 (CRN: 26019)
LITERATURE AND QUARANTINE
Long Title: THE HOSPITAL, ASYLUM AND SANATORIUM: LONG-TERM ILLNESS IN LITERATURE AND FILM
Department: First-Year Writing Intensive
Instructor: Battaglia, Andrew
Meeting: 3:00PM - 3:50PM MWF RZR 305 (10-JAN-2022 - 22-APR-2022)
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: 16
Section Enrolled: 14
Enrollment data as of: 21-SEP-2023 5:21AM
Final Exam: No Final Exam
Final Exam Time:
29-APR-2022
9:00AM - 12:00PM F TBA TBA
Description: Covid-19 made concepts like quarantine and isolation seem new when they are actually quite old. This course examines the way the West has quarantined, isolated, and distanced the sick in the last century and what we might learn from tracing the evolution of these concepts in film and literature.