Course Description

Instructor: Jack Balser, BS Economics, MA

We will study a novel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, several short stories by Alice Munro and poetry by William Butler Yeats. In addition to the great pleasure we will derive from reading each of these extraordinary works, we will discuss how each reflects not only the sensibility of the author but the influence of the time and place in which he or she created them. We will also explore the qualities which make these writers deserving of international acclaim. Please come prepared to fully participate in enriching our class. Required reading prior to first session: first 75 pages of One Hundred Years of Solitude (Marquez). Limited to 25 students.