{"id":33642,"date":"2018-09-27T15:48:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-27T14:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/anglist.ffzg.unizg.hr\/?p=33642"},"modified":"2018-09-27T15:49:23","modified_gmt":"2018-09-27T14:49:23","slug":"american-short-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anglist.ffzg.unizg.hr\/?p=33642&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"American Short Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Course title:<\/strong> American Short Story<br \/>\n<strong>Instructor:<\/strong> Asst. Prof. Sven Cvek<br \/>\n<strong>ECTS credits<\/strong>: 6<br \/>\n<strong>Status:<\/strong> elective<br \/>\n<strong>Semester:<\/strong> 4th or 6th<br \/>\n<strong>Enrollment requirements:<\/strong> Introduction to the Study of English Literature 1\u00a0and 2<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Course description:<\/strong><br \/>\nThe short story in the US is said to be the &#8220;national art form&#8221;. Taking\u00a0up this assumption critically, this course we will offer a historical\u00a0overview of the presence of the short story in American culture. We will\u00a0consider the formal, institutional and political-economic aspects of the\u00a0short story&#8217;s production, distribution, and reception. We will be\u00a0especially interested in: the assumption about the national belonging of\u00a0this form; the problems of cultural form or genre; the material conditions\u00a0for the form&#8217;s continuity and change. Therefore, we will approach the\u00a0short story in the context of wider social relations, paying particular\u00a0attention to the relationship between social transformation and formal\u00a0change. Since the short story spans the entire history of the United\u00a0States, the course will vary and shift its focus, both in terms of\u00a0historical period (from 1800 until today), and in terms of specific\u00a0problems (the question of genre; of literary infrastructure, such as\u00a0magazines and creative writing workshops; the question of the short story\u00a0as a cultural document; the question of transformations and possibilities\u00a0of short forms today; etc).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Course objective:<\/strong><br \/>\nThe objective of the course is to introduce students to the corpus of the\u00a0American short story, the theoretical and critical literature about this\u00a0form, as well as encourage them to think critically about the emergence,\u00a0development and changes of cultural forms in the context of wider social\u00a0processes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Course requirements:<\/strong><br \/>\nregular attendance and reading, written continual assessment, final essay\u00a0paper.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Literature:<\/strong><br \/>\nSelection of American short stories.<br \/>\nOnline material (Omega).<br \/>\nBendixen Alfred &amp; James Nagel (eds), A Companion to the American Short\u00a0Story. Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.<br \/>\nGelfant Blanche H. &amp; Lawrence Graver (eds), The Columbia Companion to the\u00a0Twentieth-century American Short Story. Columbia UP, 2000.<br \/>\nLevy, Andrew. The Culture and Commerce of the American Short Story,\u00a0Cambridge UP, 1993.<br \/>\nScofield, Martin. The Cambridge Introduction to the American Short Story.\u00a0Cambridge UP, 2006.<br \/>\nShapiro, Stephen. Culture and Commerce of the Early American Novel:<br \/>\nReading the Atlantic World-System. The Pennsylvania State UP, 2008.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Course title: American Short Story Instructor: Asst. Prof. Sven Cvek ECTS credits: 6 Status: elective Semester: 4th or 6th Enrollment requirements: Introduction to the Study of English Literature 1\u00a0and 2 Course description: The short story in the US is said to be the &#8220;national art form&#8221;. 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