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Teaching Short Stories

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Overview

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This course introduces learners to the short story as a genre and narrative techniques that can be used to read and write short stories.

Intended audience

NA

Prerequisites

  • Graduate (any stream)

Assessment & certification

  • Assessment fee: Included — no extra fee
  • Assessment mode: Online
  • Assessment type: MCQ
  • Assessment provider: TISS
  • Certificate provider: NA

Syllabus

  • Week 1: Introduction to Short Stories
  • Week 2: Narrative and representational features that underlie short stories
  • Week 3: Using these as rubrics for interpretation, exploring ways in which the genre lends itself to multiple interpretations
  • Week 4: Participants will also be equipped with basic analytic tools to interpret, appreciate and teach a short literary work in class

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