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ENG-206 The Short Story

This course introduces students to close readings of short fiction: from classical stories of historical importance to modern and contemporary stories, which reflect a changing genre.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

ENG-101 and/or ENG-103

Lecture Contact Hours

3

Lab Contact Hours

0

Other Contact Hours

0

Department

  • Humanities

Grading Scheme

  • Letter

SUNY Gen Ed Credit

  • No

Course Learning Outcomes

  1. Students will be able to read, analyze, and communicate about short story content and structure in depth by contributing insightful ideas, asking thought provoking questions, and synthesizing various ideas
  2. Students will be able to identify and interpret key literary elements and concepts
  3. Students will be able to identify and apply techniques of literary analysis and criticism
  4. Students will be able to compose responses to reading by drawing content from their own imagination and experience and from various outside sources using appropriate formats
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ENG 206: The Short Story

Department

Humanities

Course Description

This course introduces students to close readings of short fiction: from classical stories of historical importance to modern and contemporary stories, which reflect a changing genre.

Credit Hours

3

Contact Hours

Lecture3
Lab0
Other0

Grading Scheme

Letter

Prerequisites

ENG-101 and/or ENG-103

Course Learning Outcomes

  1. Students will be able to read, analyze, and communicate about short story content and structure in depth by contributing insightful ideas, asking thought provoking questions, and synthesizing various ideas
  2. Students will be able to identify and interpret key literary elements and concepts
  3. Students will be able to identify and apply techniques of literary analysis and criticism
  4. Students will be able to compose responses to reading by drawing content from their own imagination and experience and from various outside sources using appropriate formats

Topic Outline

  1. Historical trends
  2. Definitions, Techniques, Form
  3. Critical Theories
  4. Clustering of Content by Historical Chronology, Motif, Form, or Culture, etc.