Course content - Learning outcome - Admission - Prerequisites - Overlapping courses - Teaching - Examination - Evaluation

Course content

The course examines main points of development in the Anglo-American short story tradition in the nineteenth and twentieth century, drawing on central concepts from short fiction theory from Edgar Allan Poe to the present day. Beyond the much debated question of generic definition, the course will take a variety of approaches to the short story, including considering the short story in literary history, the impact of modernism and impressionism, the postcolonial short story, varieties of style and narrative technique, and the representation of class, race, ethnicity, and gender in the short story.

Learning outcome

After completing this course you will have:

• gained an understanding of some fundamental features of the development of the Anglo-American short story;
• learned to identify and discuss central aspects of short fiction theory;
• learned how to analyze the narrative technique of the short story and its representation of reality;
• gained experience in the advanced interpretation of and scholarly writing about the short story.

Admission

Students at UiO must apply for courses in StudentWeb.

International applicants, if you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures for international applicants.

The examination in this course is not available for external candidates. Only students admitted to the course may sit for the examination.

Prerequisites

Formal prerequisite knowledge

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Admittance to the master program in literature or LP, or other relevant master programs.

Recommended previous knowledge

The course assumes a good proficiency in written and oral English

Overlapping courses

10 credits overlap with ENG2325 - The Short Story in English.

Teaching

Seminar, two hours per week for 14 weeks, 28 hours in all.

Attendance is an obligatory class requirement (80%). Additional absences must be justified by documentation to the exam coordinator.

Students will write an essay (5 standard pages, 11.500 bytes) at an appointed time. The essay must be approved by the tutor; if it is not, the student will be barred from attempting the final exam. Read more about guidelines for compulsory activities.

Access to teaching

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Examination

There will be a three-day take-home exam at the end of the semester.

You must submit your paper in Fronter. Read more about submission procedures.

Previous exams: http://www.uio.no/studier/emner/hf/ilos/ENG4365/Eksamensoppgaver/Eksamensoppgaver.xml

Examination support material

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Language of examination

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English

Grading scale

Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F is a fail. Read more about the grading system.

Explanations and appeals

You may request an explanation of your grades, and you may also appeal against your grades or make a complaint about formal examination errors. Read more about explanations and appeals.

Resit an examination

You can usually resit an exam, but the conditions depend on whether you had a valid reason for absence from the regular exam. Read more about resitting an exam.

Withdrawal from an examination

A student may sit this exam up to 3 times. If a student wishes to withdraw from the exam, s/he must do so in StudentWeb at least two weeks prior to the first day of the exam. Failure to do so will be counted as one of the three opportunities to sit the exam.

Special examination arrangements

If you have a disability or a health problem that entails significant inconvenience in an examination situation, you may be considered for special examination arrangements. Mothers who are breastfeeding may apply for extra time to complete the exam.

Evaluation

Feedback from our students is essential to us in our efforts to ensure and further improve the high quality of our programmes and courses. All courses are subject to continuous evaluation. At regular intervals we also ask students on a particular course to participate in a more comprehensive, periodic evaluation of this course.