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Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)
CRN: 42709
Lecture
St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 210
Old Core Requirements Met:
UG Core Literature/Writing
Other Requirements Met:
Writing Intensive
Deeply intertwined with our American culture, sports give us some of our best stories – those narratives written as a ballplayer circles the plates, as the volleyball’s spiked, as snowboarder reveals a new halfpipe, it’s in the ring, it’s on the football field, and the grueling practices that few see. Through the eyes of athletes, coaches, and fans, this course is a study of how sports reveal human character, and teach us about life. We’ll read stories that ultimately ask difficult questions about who we are, as individuals and a nation socially and racially divided, what it means to be a pioneer in sports and break down barriers, stories of the changing evolution of the game of football, the transformative power of innovation in sports, and how far people will go to reclaim dreams that have slipped away. This course will survey short stories, essays, poetry, journalism, films, and writings by athletes published on the PLAYER’S TRIBUNE. Selected text will include: THE BEST AMERICAN SPORTS WRITING, THE PERFECT PASS: AMERICAN GENIUS AND THE REINVENTION OF FOOTBALL, FOOTBALL: GREAT WRITING ABOUT THE NATIONAL SPORT, PLAY BIG: LESSONS IN BEING LIMITLESS, the PLAYER’S TRIBUNE, NFL Films, and ESPN’s 30 FOR 30 film series. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 15 pages of formal revised writing. This course satisfies the Writing Across the Curriculum Writing Intensive requirement.
4 Credits