ENH2770

Short fiction: classic and contemporary

(ART)

P Ayres

8 points + 2.5 hours per week + First semester + Clayton, Caulfield

Synopsis: The subject provides a historical and theoretical introduction to the short story, using a wide range of examples from Britain, the United States and Australia as well as a few from Russia, France, Japan, South Africa, South America and Ireland. Stories are selected in order to illustrate key elements and modes of fiction and narratological issues, which may be studied with particular advantage in such a concentrated literary form. Approximately four stories will be studied each week. Slides are screened weekly to contextualise authors and stories.

Assessment: Essay (3000 words): 50% + Examination (1 hour): 20% + Seminar participation including seminar paper rewritten as first essay (2000 words): 30%