Course Catalog - 2016-2017

     

ENGL 355 - MODERN SHORT STORY

Long Title: MODERN SHORT STORY: TOWARDS AN ETHICS OF FICTION
Department: English
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Course Type: Lecture
Distribution Group: Distribution Group I
Credit Hours: 3
Restrictions:
May not be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Graduate
Description: Study of great modern short fiction with emphasis on reading as an ethical enterprise. Selected critical essays complement works from Melville to Maupassant, Flaubert to Kafka to O'Connor as we talk about alienation and solitude, death and violence and the vicissitudes of family. Cross-list: FREN 355. Recommended Prerequisite(s): Any 200-level course or above in English or French Studies, or HUMA 101 or 102.
Course URL: http://www.english.rice.edu