American Short Story

American Short Story

Study Cycle: 1

Lectures: 0

Seminars: 60

Tutorials: 0

ECTS credit: 5

Lecturer(s): prof. dr. Blake Jason Frederick

Students develop the ability to independently analyze American short stories; the course fosters students' ability for interpretation of longer literary texts.
Students develop the ability to differentiate between fundamental and dispensable elements of the short story.

Texts selected by instructor and students.
Cassill, R. V., ur. The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction. New York, London: W.W. Norton & Company, 1981. COBISS.SI-ID - 6929506
Freeman, J., ur. The Penguin Book of the Modern American Short Story, New York: Penguin, 2021.
Skaggs, C. The American Short Story. Vol I. New York: Dell Publishing, 1977. COBISS.SI-ID - 6524002
Skaggs, C. The American Short Story. Vol II. New York: Dell Publishing, 1980. COBISS.SI-ID – 6232584