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Topics in Narrative: The Novella (LIT 3401)

Term: 2024-25 Spring

Faculty

Cyrus A. Console-Soican
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Schedule

Mon, 3:00 PM - 5:50 PM (1/27/2025 - 5/16/2025) Location: MAIN DH 119

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.