Classics of Short Fiction: Reading the Novella
SLAVIC 188
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Description
Short enough to read in a single sitting, but more complex and absorbing than short stories, novellas give us some of our most intense reading experiences. In this discussion seminar, we will read some of the enduring classics of the novella from around the world, including Anton Chekhov, Henry James, Herman Melville, Bohumil Hrabal, Katherine Anne Porter, Leo Tolstoy, James Joyce, Eileen Chang, and others; we will also consider how the novella’s compression and acceleration of plot make it ideal for horror, suspense, and other forms of "genre” fiction (H. G. Wells, H. P. Lovecraft and contemporary science fiction).
Course Notes
All readings in English; no prerequisite.
School
Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Credits
4
Cross Reg
Available for Harvard Cross Registration
Department
Slavic Languages & Literatures
Course Component
Lecture
General Education
N/A
Quantitative Reasoning with Data
N/A
Divisional Distribution
Arts and Humanities
Course Level
For Undergraduate and Graduate Students
