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ENGL182

The American Short Story: Poe to Updike ENGL182 FA

Section	Class Size	*Available	Times
1	60	0	Times: M.W.F.. 11:00AM-11:50AM;

*The number of spaces listed as available is based on class seats open for the current phase of registration. Some seats may be taken in previous phases while others may be held out for subsequent phases of registration. (Last Updated on Wed Mar 4 05:01:03 EST 1998 )

Photo Caption and Credits

A survey of the American short story from its early practitioners like Poe and Hawthorne to Salinger and Updike. Primarily a reading course, 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: Discussion Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UG Credit: 1.00 Gen Ed Area & Dept: HA ENGL

Prerequisites: None

Section 01: Creeger, G; Times: M.W.F.. 11:00AM-11:50AM;; Grading Mode: A/F; Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 4, Jr: 3, So: 2, Fr: 1; No Major Preference Given

Last Updated on MAR-03-1998

About the Photo:

Willa Cather in 1972

Reference:

Woods, Lucia and Bernice Slote, WILLA CATHER: A PICTORIAL MEMOIR, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press, 1973

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