2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

ENGL 308 Studies in the American Short Story

Study of representative works of such writers as Poe, Hawthorne, Twain, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Welty, O'Connor, and Updike.

Credits

3

Offered

Spring, even years

Outcomes

  1. To demonstrate an in-depth knowledge of diverse authors, works, literary movements, cultural aspects, and forms of American short stories
  2. To articulate how historical and cultural contexts inform and are influenced by American short stories
  3. To compose convincing interp0retations of literary works using skills of close ready, textual analysis, and literary terminology
  4. To recognize and evaluate ethical, moral, and sociopolitical issues, raised by the literature, through class discussions and course projects