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Academic Year 2000/2001
Fiction Now: Short Stories
ENGL 210 FA
This introduction to the elements of fiction and a range of contemporary styles is for people who want to write or simply to increase their appreciation and understanding of short stories.
MAJOR READINGS
Stories by some of the masters -- Chekhov, Hemingway, Doyle, Bierce, Poe, de Maupassant, -- and by many American contemporaries, including Denis Johnson, Any Bloom, Tobias Wolff, T.C. Boyle, Junot Diaz, Antonya Nelson,
and Mary Gaitskell.
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
In the first half of the course, weekly short exercises in various elements of fiction. In the second half of the course, biweekly exercises in appreciation and introduction of new fiction. Frequent quizzes and a final
exam.
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:
Graded
Prerequisites:
NONE
SECTION 01
- Instructor(s): Rose,Phyllis D.
- Instructor's Course Page
- Times: ..T.T.. 10:00AM-11:20AM; Location: FISK210
- Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 55)
- SR. major: 5 Jr. major: 17
- SR. non-major: 5 Jr. non-major: 8 SO: 20 FR: X
Special Attributes:
- Curricular Renewal: Writing
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Last Updated on MAR-26-2001
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