Interdisciplinary Arts 0235 - The Short Story

Our focus will be on recognizing, analyzing, and developing the different narrative techniques used to write the short story. Each technique will be studied individually, as well as in relation to the work as a whole. As David Lodge writes in The Art of Fiction, "Effects in fiction are plural and interconnected, each drawing on and contributing to all the others." We will take apart these "effects" in order to better appreciate how they are linked, both when reading and writing. While the course is open to all (and not by instructor permission), in order to better keep up with course requirements, including attendance, students must attend the first day.

Culture, Humanities, and Languages Independent Work In this course, students are expected to spend at least six to eight hours a week of preparation and work outside of class time. This time includes reading, writing, research.