Description
In this course, we will analyze the stories, writers, theories, and techniques that have defined the ‘short story’. From Realism to Surrealism, Modernism to Postmodernism; from minimalist to maximalist, sacred to profane, genre-bending to genre-blending; from Chekhov to Kafka, O’Connor to Barthelme, Hemingway to Wallace, George Saunders to Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah; from the 19th century to present day, we will study the evolution of this simultaneously concise yet intricate form.