ENGL 205 The Short Story

This course focuses on literary short fiction by diverse authors from around the world, with an emphasis on American and European writers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, such as Anton Chekhov, D. H. Lawrence, and more contemporary writers, such as Margaret Atwood and Milan Kundera. Students are presented with literary terminology and concepts necessary to the discussion and evaluation of these works.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

ENGL 121

Hours Weekly

3 hours weekly

Course Objectives

1. Identify and apply appropriate literary terminology and literary criticism (perspectives) in order to evaluate and analyze ideas within short stories.
2. Generate ideas, explore possibilities, and consider economic, historical, political, and cultural issues in literature.
3. Use evidence from literary texts and secondary texts to compose original and insightful literary analysis.
4. Analyze how literature reflects human values and thus has relevance to today’s world.

Course Objectives

1. Identify and apply appropriate literary terminology and literary criticism (perspectives) in order to evaluate and analyze ideas within short stories.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Writing Assignments

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric
   • Rubric for Writing Assignments

   Critical Thinking

   • CT1
   • CT3
2. Generate ideas, explore possibilities, and consider economic, historical, political, and cultural issues in literature.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Writing Assignments

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT2

   Program Goal(s)

   Degree: English - A.A. Degree (Transfer)

   Analyze literature in light of historical and cultural contexts.

3. Use evidence from literary texts and secondary texts to compose original and insightful literary analysis.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Writing Assignments

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT4

   Program Goal(s)

   Degree: English - A.A. Degree (Transfer)

   Compose and present creative and original projects of literary analysis supported by academic sources and documentation.

4. Analyze how literature reflects human values and thus has relevance to today’s world.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Writing and/or Presentation

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Writing or Presentation Rubric