| Call Number | 00568 |
|---|---|
| Day & Time Location |
MW 8:40am-9:55am 111 MILSTEIN CEN |
| Points | 3 |
| Grading Mode | Pass/Fail |
| Approvals Required | None |
| Instructor | Safia Jama |
| Type | LECTURE |
| Course Description | What are the best practices for a life well-lived? In what ways can the symbiotic acts of reading and writing support such a life? Furthermore, how can a meaningful engagement with literature help us, if not to find easy answers that we all crave, then to explore these questions in ways that are clarifying, personally and intellectually? In this course we will take a walk through writings from a variety of octaves and disciplines, drawing from the academic, the creative, the therapeutic, the esoteric, and the pop cultural, with blurring between and among such categories. Reading assignments will follow the ebb and flow of our critical conversations, with likely readings--some optional, some required--by Toni Morrison, Thich Nhat Hanh, Tracy K. Smith, Virginia Woolf, Joan Didion, Timothy Aubry, and Morgan Parker, among others. Text books for this course will not exceed $30. |
| Web Site | Vergil |
| Department | First-Year Writing @Barnard |
| Enrollment | 14 students (15 max) as of 1:06PM Saturday, May 10, 2025 |
| Subject | First-Year Writing (Barnard) |
| Number | BC1133 |
| Section | 001 |
| Division | Barnard College |
| Campus | Barnard College |
| Section key | 20231FYWB1133X001 |