ENGL C145 - American Literature: The Short Story

    Recent Professors
    Kenneth Leighton
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2021, Spring 2021
    Class Size
    45 students
    Credits
    3
    Fall 2021 Sections
    View Fall 2021 sections of ENGL C145
    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 3B · IGETC Area 3B · CSU GE Area C2
    Description
    This course is an introduction to the American short story, emphasizing major American writers from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and from various cultures in modern/contemporary America. Included is a view of historical period and mindset, and the study of character, plot, theme, point of view, setting, tone, style, and other literary devices as they function within the context of the particular story.