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LITPA-2000-10: Tiny Books: The Novella and the Short Novel

Fall 2021

Subject: Literary and Performing Arts Studies
Type: Seminar
Delivery Mode: Online
Level: Undergraduate

Course Dates: September 01, 2021 — December 14, 2021
Meetings: Thu 8:00-09:30PM, Online - HS-5
Instructor: Tom Barbash

Units: 3.0
Enrolled: 11/16

Description:

LITPA 200 courses introduce students to the study of literature or the performing arts, emphasizing analysis of both particular works and of the range of genres, periods and traditions. Frequent reading and writing assignments will be made.Section Description: In this class we will read five short works of literary fiction and several critical essays. We will discuss the ways in which these novellas and short novels have been put together, how the writer has created each individual world, and the characters within. We will talk about style, technique, meaning and metaphor, and where each book fits into a larger discussion of aesthetics, class and culture. There will two critical essays due over the semester, and one creative piece. I will be available to help you choose a subject for these essays and will distribute a list of potential topics. The creative piece will be a story, or portion of a story employing some of the techniques used by the writers we've read over the semester. There will also be in and out-of-class writing assignments that will make up the remainder of your portfolio.

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