ENGL 245

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The Short Story

Credit: 3 hours.

Historical and critical study of the short story (American and European) from the early nineteenth century to the present.

Same as CWL 267. Prerequisite: Completion of the Composition I requirement.

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

Humanities – Lit & Arts

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ENGL 245 class schedule data for spring 2019
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	51839	Lecture-Discussion	Q	2:00PM -2:50PM	MWF	150 English Building	Taub, N	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/14/19-05/01/19 Degree Notes: Humanities - Lit & Arts course.
	32060	Lecture-Discussion	Q2	12:30PM -1:45PM	TR	69 English Building	Garcia, F	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/14/19-05/01/19 Degree Notes: Humanities - Lit & Arts course. Section Info: This course will provide a comprehensive and diverse introduction to the short story across various forms, collections, eras, nations, genders, races, and sexualities. We will read stories from the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries that originate from American, European, African, and Asian contexts and that range from the incredibly succinct (six pages or less) to extensive lengths that approximate novella forms. Students can expect to encounter topics such as: haunted houses and ghoulish legends; the psyche and (in)sanity; fairy tales and modern feminist revisions; systemic and institutional racism and its violent ramifications; gendered migration and generational acculturation; and the AIDS crisis and its effects for queer subjects. In engaging these topics, students can expect to read a range of canonical, non-canonical, and emerging writers like: Edgar Allan Poe, James Joyce, Kate Chopin, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Angela Carter, Sandra Cisneros, Jhumpa Lahiri, James Baldwin, Achy Obejas, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and Nafissa-Thompson Spires.