ENGLIT 424 Advanced Topics in English Literature: The 19th- Century American Short Story
- Instructor: Professor Tara Penry (see Tara Penry’s faculty profile)
- Mode: In person
- Dual Enrollment: ENGLIT 520
Some nineteenth-century American authors considered magazines – full of regional stories – to be the closest thing to a national literary form. In this edition of ENGLIT 424, students will investigate the short fiction of nineteenth-century America to understand pre- and post-Civil War ideas about the role of literature in the life of a diverse nation. Reading some stories in common and others for independent research, students will create a collective history of the nineteenth-century American short story as a genre inseparable from the nation’s unofficial motto, E pluribus unum. We will look for the successors of the 19th-century short story in today’s diverse forums for creative writing.
ENGLIT 498 Senior Capstone in Literary Studies
- Instructor: Dr. Kim Carter-Cram (see Kim Carter-Cram’s faculty profile)
- Mode: In person
The Senior Capstone in Literary Studies provides an opportunity for you to refine, integrate, and apply skills you have built throughout your time as an undergraduate English Literature major at Boise State University. As a capstone course, it will also ask you to reflect on your past learning and to prepare for the next steps in your academic and/or professional life, and to demonstrate your skills and knowledge to yourself and to a larger audience. In this course, you will look at your education from a variety of perspectives and investigate the ways it has shaped you and prepared you for the future.