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 a diversity of styles, subjects, and narrative methods.

Course Outcomes
Upon completion of this 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.

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