1638 - American Short Stories, Part 1 (1837-1910) WED 10:00-11:00AM
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Course Description
Instructor: Jack Balser
Most critics agree that the short story as we know it is an American invention and arguably the most important literary genre to have emerged in the United States. In this course, we will study the work of the influential early writers who used the form to address topics such as race, the frontier, war and feminism while also creating lasting literary forms, among them the humorous story stories of the occult, the detective story and more. We will read and discuss stories by Hawthorne, Poe, Melville, Ambrose Bierce, Mark Twain, Kate Chopin, O. Henry and others.
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