Description
This reading intensive-course defines the novella as a prose fiction between 20,000 and 50,000 words. Coursework includes midterm exam, final exam, and presentation. Required readings: Herman Melville, Leo Tolstoy, Edith Wharton, Willa Cather, Clarice Lispector, Penelope Fitzgerald, Mariama Ba, Octavia Butler, Helen Garner, Javier Marías, César Aira, Roberto Bolaño, Gerald Murnane.