OLLI0151 - Short Fiction: Analysis and Enjoyment

Course Description

This course will emphasize strategies for analyzing and interpreting short works of narrative fiction. The aim is to add to the appreciation and enjoyment of literature by focusing on a variety of approaches and a broad range of selections. The number of participants will be limited so that there can be a comfortable atmosphere for productive dialogue and sharing of ideas. There will be a reading assignment for each session, with an average of 30 to 35 pages per week. Authors include Oscar Wilde, Colette, O. Henry, Kate Chopin, Sherwood Anderson, Ralph Ellison, Zora Neale Hurston, Shirley Jackson, Donald Barthelme, Alice Munro, and Ray Bradbury, among others. (No selections from the instructor’s previous OLLI course on the short story will be included.) Course materials will be available online. Limited to 25 participants.