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English 156 - Spring, 2017
The Short Story
Class Information
Instructor:
Townsend, Jacinda
CRN:
71505
Time:
MWF 1:10-2:00
Location:
204 Art
Description
In a purely chronological sense, novels are about months and years while short stories are about moments: moments of climax, moments of epiphany, moments of clarity, moments of precipice. We will, in this course, examine the history of the American short story, with special attention to the way various elements of the form help us make meaning via these marks on the page.
Grading
50% Class Participation and Reading Responses
25% First Paper
25% Second Paper
Texts
The Norton Anthology of Shorter Fiction
, Bausch and Cassill
The Norton Anthology of Shorter Fiction
, Bausch and Cassill