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Primarily a reading course, this 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.
COURSE FORMAT: Lecture
Level: UGRD Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: HA ENGL Grading Mode: Student Option
Prerequisites: NONE
Last Updated on MAR-24-2000
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