The Short Story
The Short Story (AL) This course approaches the short story as a distinct prose genre, beginning with work by Edgar Allen Poe and Guy de Maupassant and concluding with stories by contemporary authors. We will examine the particularly notable growth of the genre in America and survey various trends in the form, from "local color" sketches and realistic tales to experiments in modernism and postmodernism. Throughout, we will consider issues of structure, characterization, style, and voice. Other authors may include Anderson, Barthelme, Cheever, Chekhov, Hemingway, Joyce, Moore, O'Connor, Twain, and Welty.
Rob Cohen is the most beautiful lecturer I have ever had the pleasure of hearing. His way with language is stunning. Classes usually started off as a an open discussion, and after students had the opportunity to talk about the readings Cohen would take over and lecture. There were informal weekly discussion papers and 2? big essays, as well as several short stories assigned for each class. I feel like it was pretty run-of-the mill workload for an English course.
Rob Cohen is the most beautiful lecturer I have ever had the pleasure of hearing. His way with language is stunning. Classes usually started off as a an open discussion, and after students had the opportunity to talk about the readings Cohen would take over and lecture. There were informal weekly discussion papers and 2? big essays, …Read more