ENG121L
Modern Short Stories
English
BC
Subject code
ENG
Course Number
121L
Department(s)
Instructor(s)
J. Anthony
Course Long Title
Modern Short Stories
Description
A study of the short story and novella as characteristic twentieth-century genres, with a brief introduction to works in the nineteenth century. The course focuses on both "classic" and contemporary texts by writers selected from among Anton Chekhov, Thomas Hardy, James Joyce, Jamaica Kincaid, Jhumpa Lahiri, D. H. Lawrence, David Leavitt, W. S. Maugham, Katherine Mansfield, Susan Minot, Shani Mootoo, Susan Sontag, Guy Vanderhaeghe, and Virginia Woolf. Students experiment with writing a short story.
Modes of Inquiry
Analysis and Critique [AC], Creative Process and Production [CP]
Writing Credit
No writing credit
Departmental Course Attributes - Major/Minor Requirements
(English: Post-1800)
GEC This Course Belongs To
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