At the end of this course, the students; 1) Discuss short story content, structure, and style in depth. 2) Apply techniques of literary analysis and interpretation 3) Produce written work in the form of response portfolio and/or formal paragraphs.
MODE OF DELIVERY
Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE
No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
COURSE DEFINITION
This course is designed to enhance students? appreciation of the short story as a literary form and to trace its development from its beginnings to the present.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEK
TOPICS
1st Week
Course Overview, ?Introduction? pp. 3-6 (Gioia and Gwynn, The Art of the Short Story)
2nd Week
Elements of the Short Story: ?The Elements of Short Fiction? pp. 849-862 (Gioia and Gwynn, The Art of the Short Story)
3rd Week
Edgar Allan Poe, ?The Black Cat? (1843)
4th Week
Guy de Maupassant, ?The Necklace? (1884)
5th Week
Anton Chekhov ?The Schoolmistress? (1897)
6th Week
Kate Chopin, ?The Storm? (1898)
7th Week
Midterm
8th Week
Jack London, ?To Build a Fire? (1902)
9th Week
James Joyce, ?Araby? (1914)
10th Week
William Faulkner, ?A Rose for Emily? (1930)
11th Week
James Baldwin, ?Sonny?s Blues? (1957)
12th Week
John Updike, ?A&P? (1961)
13th Week
Ursula K. Le Guin, ?The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas? (1973)
14th Week
Revision
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
Cassill, R.V., ed. The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction. 5th ed. Norton, 1995.
Charters, Ann, ed. The Story and Its Writer: An Introduction to Short Fiction. Bedford/St. Martin's, 2003.
Ford, John, and Marjorie Ford. A Web of Stories: An Introduction to Short Fiction. Prentice, 1998.
Kennedy, X. J., and Dana Gioia. Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama. Harper, 1995.
Lauter, Paul, et al., eds. The Heath Anthology of American Literature. 3rd ed. 2 vols. Heath, 1997.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
Lecture,Discussion,Questions/Answers
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
Quantity
Percentage(%)
Mid-term
1
30
Assignment
1
10
Total(%)
40
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)
40
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)
60
Total(%)
100
ECTS WORKLOAD
Activities
Number
Hours
Workload
Midterm exam
1
2
2
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work
14
2
28
Preparation for Final exam
1
12
12
Course hours
14
3
42
Preparation for Midterm exam
1
10
10
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam
1
2
2
Homework
1
12
12
Article Presentation
Article
1
10
10
Total Workload
118
Total Workload / 30
3,93
ECTS Credits of the Course
4
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
English
WORK PLACEMENT(S)
No
KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES (KLO) / MATRIX OF LEARNING OUTCOMES (LO)
