Nassau
One Education Dr Garden City, NY 11530-6793
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The following is fulfilled by this course:
- Humanities
Nassau has listed this a core course in the following categories:
The core course can be applied to following SUNY Transfer Paths:
ENG 263
Modern American Short Story
Prerequisites: ENG 102 or ENG 103 or ENG 109.
Students study short stories by U.S. authors from the nineteenth century to the present. Stories are read with attention to historical and literary influences, and students closely study authors' use of elements such as plot, characterization, point of view, linguistic choices such as diction and figurative language, setting, and theme. Writing is an integral component of the course.
SUNY GE-SHUM; SUNY GEN ED-GHUM; NCC GEN ED-HUM, LIT
Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer