ENGL 224 - The Short Story

(3,0) 3 Credits

General Education Course: Humanities-English Literature

Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111 - English Composition I .
This course is a study of the short story, focusing primarily on its modern form, as expressed by writers of diverse cultures, but also tracing its evolution from ancient roots in oral narratives, myths, legends, folk, and fairy tales to the present. Students explore the basic elements of the genre by reading, analyzing, and writing about short stories, and examining the historical, cultural, and social contexts of their production and reception.

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