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

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

use and define terminology relevant to the genre of short fiction;
demonstrate, through written work and class discussion, a knowledge of the historical evolution of the techniques and themes of short fiction;
demonstrate, through written work and class discussion, an ability to analyze a piece of short fiction through the conventions and methods of the humanities;
demonstrate, through written work and class discussion, a comprehension of the interrelatedness of content and form in a given piece of short fiction, particularly an understanding of the differences between a short story and other forms of prose fiction (novella, novel);
demonstrate, through written work and class discussion, an understanding of the major artistic techniques employed in the genre of short fiction; and
demonstrate, through written work and class discussion, the ability to form educated arguments about quality in fiction.

F/S (C, N, S)