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Spring 2024

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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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CRN Type Section Time Day Location Instructor Section Details
32061
Lecture-Discussion
Q2
2:00PM -3:15PM
TR
219 David Kinley Hall
Soto Crespo, R
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/16/24-05/01/24
Degree Notes:
Humanities - Lit & Arts course.
Section Info:
SP24 ENGL 245 - The Short Story - Ramon Soto-Crespo - This course studies twentieth-century literature of the Americas, focusing on the short story genre. We will read stories written in the U.S. Mainland by well-established American writers as well as short stories written by Latino authors to see one recent development in this genre. The course discusses, first, this latest surge in short story writing, and then it examines the canonical works that precede it. Short stories are condensed narratives that provide an alternative sense of reality and a keen sense of cultural/national belonging. At the same time, they tell a story of a “self” on a journey, that is, an individual going through a process of change and transformation. In this course, we will examine the tension between two concurrent impulses: the writing of the individual self and his/her experiences and the use of writing to represent their particular sense of reality. We’ll discuss the implications of these two levels of representation by examining the points where the individual and cultural experience meet and challenge each other. Possible themes for discussion include: self and wilderness, national identity, ecology, spanglish, racism, sexism, machismo, feminism, sexuality, gender, colonialism, reality/fantasy. Attendance, short essays, and consistent class participation will be required.
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Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
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