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Academic Year 2000/2001
The American Short Story: Poe to Updike
ENGL 182 FA
Primarily a reading course, this is a survey of the American short story from its early practitioners like Poe and Hawthorne to Salinger and Updike. It is intended to introduce students to the range and depth of
American short fiction and to its
principal thematic concerns. Authors to be read will include at least the following: Poe, Hawthorne, Melville, James, Jewett, Cather, Chopin, Crane, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Faulkner, Porter, Welty, Wright, Hughes,
Salinger and Updike.
MAJOR READINGS
The readings will be principally, but not exclusively, in the authors named.
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
There will be a mid-term examination: in addition there will be two papers (one 3-page and one 8-page) on stories by authors covered in the course. Journals will be required of all students throughout the semester.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed
Drop/Add form to the Registrar's
Office.
COURSE FORMAT:
Lecture
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ENGL
Grading Mode:
Student Option
Prerequisites:
NONE
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Last Updated on MAR-26-2001
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