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Jan 28, 2025
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LIT 161 - The Short Story Credit(s) 3.00 Lecture Hours: 3.00 This course explores the short story and novella as meaningful literary forms, with emphasis on structure and technique. Students will be introduced to the elements of fiction, various literary genres, and their cultural and historical contexts. Students will be expected to analyze fiction critically in class discussions and through formal and informal writings. This is not a creative writing course.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 105 SLOs: Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:-
Read short stories analytically and critically.
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Identify literary elements and understand how they function in a text.
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Better understand human conditions of the past and present that lead to the creation of short stories.
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Appreciate diverse perspectives in both global and community contexts.
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Employ various critical approaches to understanding fiction.
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