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Fall 2016 Catalog 
    
Fall 2016 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

EN 240 - Studies in Short Fiction


Credit Hours: 3

A course designed to acquaint the student with important works and writers in the short story genre from the nine­teenth century to the present, with emphasis on diversity of styles, subjects, and narrative methods. 

Fulfills the following SUNY General Education categories: 

  • The Arts
  • Humanities

Note: A course can only be used to fulfill one General Education category.

Course Outcomes
Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to

  • use and define terminology relevant to the genre;
  • demonstrate through oral discussion and written work an ability to read fictional works accurately and make reasonable inferences about characters’ personalities and motivations and authors’ implicit intentions and messages;
  • formulate and discuss analytical questions about fictional texts;
  • demonstrate through oral discussion and written work an understanding of differences between fictional conventions of different periods; and
  • demonstrate acquaintance with a significant sample of the oeuvre of at least one author and discuss that author’s chief interests and concerns as exhibited in the author’s fiction.


F/S (C, N, S)