ENG 220 - American Short Story Cycles

Introduction to the genre of the short story cycle. Through class discussions and essay writing, students discover the various ways writers have found to create short story cycles or unified short story collections: recurring themes, characters, settings, and plot patterns are some of the unifying elements that are examined. Representative writers may include Sherwood Anderson, Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck, Flannery O’Connor, Louise Erdrich, and Richard Wright. Satisfies the Literary Perspectives General Education and Writing Designated core requirements.

(Cr: 3)