EG54

EG 54 The ShortStory Dr.Lewis

Center Cottage

851-6723; 6752

lewiss@sunysuffolk.edu

Course Outline

I. Text

Stone, Packer, Hoopes. The Short Story: An Introduction. 2nd ed. McGraw-Hill.

II. Objectives

1. To become familiar with the development of the short story as a distinct genre.

2. To identify the major elements of short fiction, such as setting, exposition, plot, characterization, narrative point of view, and to learn to recognize qualities of language, such as irony, imagery, and symbolism.

3. To identify and appreciate the themes--the illumination of the human condition--found in each work read.

4. To write effectively about short stories.

III. Requirements

1. Careful reading of assigned material.

2. Involvement in class discussion.

3. Regular attendance.

4. Satisfactory performance on a mid-term and a final examination.

IV. Examinations

There will be a mid-term and a final examination. Each will cover half of the semester's work. Both examinations will include both objective questions and essays.

V. Grading

The mid-term and final each contribute half of the final grade.

VI. Attendance Policy

More than two absences will threaten your standing in the class.

Reading Assignments

Genesis

Bunyan, from The Pilgrim's Progress

Chaucer, "The Miller's Tale"

Hawthorne, "The Minister's Black Veil"

Gogol, "The Overcoat"

Poe, "The Fall of the House of Usher"

Melville, "Bartleby, the Scrivener"

Bierce, "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"

Chekhov, "The Lady with the Pet Dog"

"Heartache"

Crane, "The Open Boat"

Joyce, "A Painful Case"

Lawrence, "The Horse Dealer's Daughter"

Aiken, "Silent Snow, Secret Snow"

Fitzgerald, "Babylon Revisited"

Faulkner, "That Evening Sun"

Hemingway, "Hills Like White Elephants"

Wright, "The Man Who Was Almost a Man"

Welty, "A Worn Path"

Malamud, "A Magic Barrel"

O'Connor, "Revelation"

Ozick, "The Shawl"

Boll, "Like a Bad Dream"

Carver, "Neighbors"

Oates, "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?"