engl315

NOTE: This is representative of the syllabi for this course. It is not necessarily the syllabus being used in any one semester.

The Short Story considers the origins and functions of modern short narratives, the sensibilities of different cultures, and the conditions, attitudes and actions of characters and authors in changing worlds.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course, students should be able to:

demonstrate critical abilities in reading, writing and thinking.

demonstrate a critical appreciation of modern narratives.

Discuss and differentiate concerns and sensibilities of characters and authors in the light of specific cultures at specific times.

Course Text

Halperin, The Art of the Tale

Course Requirements

Class participation including a class journal, with quotes and comments relating to one or more stories for each class.

Two papers (about five pages each):
(1) an analysis of a passage from one of the stories, and

(2) a final paper relating several stories.

Two examinations

Grades

Class participation including the journal and class comments, the two papers and the two exams will each count 20% of your final grade.

Course Outline

WEEK 1: Introduction and Overview

WEEK 2: Narrative Strategies

Banks: The Child Screams and Looks Back at You

WEEK 3: Growing up

Naroyan: Naga (502)

O'Brien: Sister Imelda (519)

Capote: Children on Their Birthdays (184)

Fuentes: The Doll Queen (294)

WEEK 4: Culture and Nature

Gass: Order of Insects (318)

Cortezar: Bestiary (230)

Achebe: The Sacrificial Egg (5)

Hildesheimer: Why I Transformed Myself Into a Nightingale (347)

WEEK 5: Love

Gordimer: The Life of the Imagination (331)

Oates: The Tryst (509)

Cheever: The Country Husband (201)

Atwood: Hair Jewelry (28)

WEEK 6: Art and Imagination

Aichinger: The Bound Man (9)

Barthelme: Cortéz and Montezuma (71)

Ozick: The Suitcase (580)

Borges: The Aleph (100)

WEEK 7: Italy

Buzatti: Seven Floors (152)

Ginzberg: The Mother (323)

(plus journals and Paper #1)

WEEK 8: Italy (cont'd.)

Calvino: Adventures of a Traveler (163)

Moravia: Jewelry (476)

Pavese: Suicides (601)

Landolfi: Gogol's Wife (376)

WEEK 9: France

Robbe-Grillet: The Replacement (629)

Sarraute: XXII (656)

Camus: The Adulterous Woman (173)

Tournier: Death and the Maiden (697)

(plus Exam #1)

WEEK 10: Japan

Mishima: Patriotism (459)

Kowabata: One Arm (351)

WEEK 11: Outsiders

Singer: Henne Fire (658)

Borowski: This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen (110)

Elkin: I Look Out for Ed Wolfe (263)

WEEK 12: Outsiders—Spain and South America

Rodoreda: Rain (633)

LLosa: The Challenge (402)

Marquez: Eyes of a Blue Dog (433)

Valenzuela: I'm Your Horse in the Night (739)

WEEK 13: America

Baldwin: Going to Meet The Man (52)

Wright: Big Black Good Man (786)

O'Connor: The Artificial Nigger (533)

Welty: No Place for You, My Love (742)

WEEK 14: America (cont'd.)

Carver: Fat (197)

Beattie: Jacklighting (77)

Doctorow: The Hunter (256)

WEEK 15: Final Paper and Final Exam



				ENGL 315
			The Short Story NOTE: This is representative of the syllabi for this course. It is not necessarily the syllabus being used in any one semester. The Short Story considers the origins and functions of modern short narratives, the sensibilities of different cultures, and the conditions, attitudes and actions of characters and authors in changing worlds. Course Objectives By the end of the course, students should be able to: demonstrate critical abilities in reading, writing and thinking. demonstrate a critical appreciation of modern narratives. Discuss and differentiate concerns and sensibilities of characters and authors in the light of specific cultures at specific times. Course Text Halperin, The Art of the Tale Course Requirements Class participation including a class journal, with quotes and comments relating to one or more stories for each class. Two papers (about five pages each): (1) an analysis of a passage from one of the stories, and (2) a final paper relating several stories. Two examinations Grades Class participation including the journal and class comments, the two papers and the two exams will each count 20% of your final grade. Course Outline WEEK 1: Introduction and Overview WEEK 2: Narrative Strategies Banks: The Child Screams and Looks Back at You WEEK 3: Growing up Naroyan: Naga (502) O'Brien: Sister Imelda (519) Capote: Children on Their Birthdays (184) Fuentes: The Doll Queen (294) WEEK 4: Culture and Nature Gass: Order of Insects (318) Cortezar: Bestiary (230) Achebe: The Sacrificial Egg (5) Hildesheimer: Why I Transformed Myself Into a Nightingale (347) WEEK 5: Love Gordimer: The Life of the Imagination (331) Oates: The Tryst (509) Cheever: The Country Husband (201) Atwood: Hair Jewelry (28) WEEK 6: Art and Imagination Aichinger: The Bound Man (9) Barthelme: Cortéz and Montezuma (71) Ozick: The Suitcase (580) Borges: The Aleph (100) WEEK 7: Italy Buzatti: Seven Floors (152) Ginzberg: The Mother (323) (plus journals and Paper #1) WEEK 8: Italy (cont'd.) Calvino: Adventures of a Traveler (163) Moravia: Jewelry (476) Pavese: Suicides (601) Landolfi: Gogol's Wife (376) WEEK 9: France Robbe-Grillet: The Replacement (629) Sarraute: XXII (656) Camus: The Adulterous Woman (173) Tournier: Death and the Maiden (697) (plus Exam #1) WEEK 10: Japan Mishima: Patriotism (459) Kowabata: One Arm (351) WEEK 11: Outsiders Singer: Henne Fire (658) Borowski: This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen (110) Elkin: I Look Out for Ed Wolfe (263) WEEK 12: Outsiders—Spain and South America Rodoreda: Rain (633) LLosa: The Challenge (402) Marquez: Eyes of a Blue Dog (433) Valenzuela: I'm Your Horse in the Night (739) WEEK 13: America Baldwin: Going to Meet The Man (52) Wright: Big Black Good Man (786) O'Connor: The Artificial Nigger (533) Welty: No Place for You, My Love (742) WEEK 14: America (cont'd.) Carver: Fat (197) Beattie: Jacklighting (77) Doctorow: The Hunter (256) WEEK 15: Final Paper and Final Exam home \| bs, corporate communication \| ba, english \| ma, publications design \| mfa, integrated design \| mfa, creative writing & publishing arts \| people \| portfolio \| facilities \| classes \| undergraduate applications \| graduate applications \| contact \| site index \| university of baltimore