ENGL 332 - Short Story Masterpieces

Institution:

Trinity College

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Description:

In this course we examine the resilient form of the short story through a wide selection of both classic and contemporary writers. To list just some examples, we'll read work by Chekhov, Virginia Woolf, Faulkner, Hemingway, Borges, Welty, Cheever, James Baldwin, Flannery O'Connor, Alice Munro, and Ha Jin. Our main text is The Art of the Short Story (Dana Gioia and R.S. Gwynn). We'll perform close textual readings, use various critical approaches and literary terms, and set the stories in the context of their historical periods and literary traditions. What is also important in this course is that we view the works from the authors' perspectives, and learn to read like a writer through the analysis of some of the basic elements of short fiction. For English majors, this course satisfies the requirement of a course emphasizing literature written after 1800. 1.00 units, Lecture

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.Trincoll.edu

Phone Number:

(860) 297-2000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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