CWL 267

Spring 2014

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The Short Story
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Credit: 3 hours.

Same as ENGL 245. See ENGL 245.

This course satisfies the General Education Criteria in Fall 2022 for:

Humanities – Lit & Arts
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32061
Lecture-Discussion
E
1:00PM -1:50PM
MWF
205 Gregory Hall
Murison, J
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/21/14-05/07/14
Degree Notes:
Literature and the Arts course.
Section Info:
Why are we drawn to read short stories? Is it simply because they are short, and thus easily consumed in our busy, postmodern world? This course will both allow us to indulge our delight in the short story and to trace this delight back to the form?s first appearances in the modern print world. As a popular genre, short stories emerged along with the literary magazine and the popular newspaper at the turn of the nineteenth century. Students will read stories within this context: for instance, what happens to our understanding of Herman Melville?s ?Bartleby, the Scrivener? when we look at its original publication in Putnam?s Magazine? What were the ?little magazines? of the early twentieth century, and how did they promote avant-garde, modernist fiction? As we move toward our own era, we will track the changes in the form of the short story in new digital environments. Authors will likely include James Hogg, Maria Edgeworth, Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Dickens, Herman Melville, Oscar Wilde, Charles Chesnutt, Kate Chopin, Mark Twain, H.G. Wells, Jean Toomer, James Joyce, and Virginia Woolf. Class assignments will include two essays, two exams, and a group project.
51840
Lecture-Discussion
S
2:00PM -3:15PM
TR
259 English Building
Cassinelli, S
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/21/14-05/07/14
Degree Notes:
Literature and the Arts course.
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