EN 245 - Present-Day Short Fiction

Credit Hours: 3

A study of selected contemporary short fiction and its relevance to current ideas, trends, and events. Emphasis will be on the work of living writers.

Fulfills the following SUNY General Education categories:

The Arts
Humanities

Course Outcomes
Upon completion of this 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 awareness of innovative and experimental fictional techniques, based on a demonstrated familiarity with traditional methods and forms; 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.

Cycles (C, N, S)