GERST 1127

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GERST 1127
FWS: Writing Sports: Beauty, Politics, Collectivity

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Why do sports fascinate and inspire us? How and to what extent can this sports fascination shape politics, identity, and collective experience? How have we expressed this fascination through writing and media, and are there lost or forgotten ways to do it? Rather than a superfluous pastime, sports acquired, over the last century, a central role of intensity and influence in our global society, and in this sense this seminar will explore the many ways in which sports rose to a prominent object of writing— lyrically, philosophically, journalistically, academically. Students will develop analytical and creative writing skills through a series of scaffolded, process-writing exercises to produce five academically viable essays in a variety of styles and genres.


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Syllabi:

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 20492 GERST 1127   SEM 101

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    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025

    • Spadoni, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.