English Department Course Descriptions Winter 2008/2009

ENG 13-1 Short Story
Simon Van Booy
This class will explore the unique qualities of short fiction through works including those by Franz Kafka, James Joyce, Flannery O’Connor, Willa Cather, Ernest Hemingway, Raymond Carver, Jorge Luis Borges, Italo Calvino, and James Salter. The class will focus on character, theme, context, and metaphor as means of exploring the genre.