Sports Literature
About Sports Literature
Sports Literature is a course designed to examine the connections between sports and themes of everyday life. By looking at life through the lens of sport, we will determine how sports both match the values we profess to admire in society and simultaneously defy them. To do this, we will explore various themes prevalent in sport, including but not limited to: ethics, equality, justice, honor, rivalry, cooperation, and obsession with excellence. These topics will be explored through various fiction and non-fiction titles, Including Friday Night Lights by H.G. Bissinger, Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby, Shoeless Joe by W.P Kinsella, The Legend of Bagger Vance by Steven Pressfield, Glory Road by Don Haskins, This Is Your Brain on Sports by L. John Wertheim, among others. Throughout this course, the students will explore these topics through class discussions, informal writing assignments, formal academic writing assignments, and small group projects.