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ENGL: English (UG)

203-W42
HNRS Just Play: Sports Lit
 
MWF 10:55 am - 12:00 pm
L. Wilkinson
HonorCore 
09/05 - 12/21
18/17/0
Lecture
CRN 42537
4 Cr.
Size: 18
Enrolled: 17
Waitlisted: 0
09/05 - 12/21
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10:55 am
12:00 pm
MHC 211

 

10:55 am
12:00 pm
MHC 211

 

10:55 am
12:00 pm
MHC 211

   

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 42537

Lecture

St Paul: Murray-Herrick Campus Center 211

Old Core Requirements Met:
     UG Core Literature/Writing

Other Requirements Met:
     Honors Course
     Writing Intensive

  Liz Wilkinson

What is any sports event but a story--multiple stories--playing out before our eyes? Sports by definition involve drama: conflicts in decision making, in relationships, with nature, and, if we believe it possible, conflicts with the supernatural. It's not an accident that some of our greatest metaphors come from the arena of athletics. Through sports we have a way to look at human values--at the best we have to offer and sometimes the worst. We’ll use sports literature to investigate what is just… and what is unjust… and how we discern which is which. In this class, we will read fiction, non-fiction, drama, and poetry. Books may include SWIMMING TO ANTARCTICA, THE REAL ALL-AMERICANS, TAKE ME OUT, and BEST AMERICAN SPORTS WRITING 2017. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 15 pages of formal revised writing. This course satisfies the Writing in the Curriculum Writing Intensive requirement. Please note that this course is open only to students in the Aquinas Scholars Honors program.

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