ENGLISH 339 - American Tale

Institution:

Hobart William Smith Colleges

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Description:

A study of selected short fiction by some of the major authors of 19th-century America, this course uses Northrop Frye's distinction between the short realistic form he calls "story" and the short romance form he calls "tale" to illuminate readings of short fictions by Poe, Hawthorne, Stowe, Chopin, Wharton, James, and others. (St aff, offered alternate yea

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

WWW.HWS.EDU

Phone Number:

(315) 781-3000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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