Introduction to the Short Story
Course Description
Legend has it that literary giant Ernest Hemingway won a bet with his publisher for writing a short story that was just six words long. His story reads “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.” Hemingway’s “story” raises important questions about the genre. For example, how short can something be and still be a story; what is needed for narrative and character development to be expressed; how important are punctuation and syntax in its telling; and what differentiates a story from a prose poem?
This course will help you answer those questions as it introduces you to the study of the short story as a narrative form, with readings from American and foreign short story traditions. This interactive, three-credit course satisfies a requirement for Group A: Arts and Sciences, Creative Arts and Humanities.
For the complete syllabus, click here.
Course Description
Legend has it that literary giant Ernest Hemingway won a bet with his publisher for writing a short story that was just six words long. His story reads “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.” Hemingway’s “story” raises important questions about the genre. For example, how short can something be and still be a story; what is needed for narrative and character development to be expressed; how important are punctuation and syntax in its telling; and what differentiates a story from a prose poem?
This course will help you answer those questions as it introduces you to the study of the short story as a narrative form, with readings from American and foreign short story traditions. This interactive, three-credit course satisfies a requirement for Group A: Arts and Sciences, Creative Arts and Humanities.
For the complete syllabus, click here.
