English 101 Literature and Composition: Introduction to Fiction Professor John Rickard Fall 2007

This course will focus on storytelling as one important way of seeing and understanding (and perhaps even changing) the world.  We will read a selection of short stories and a novella or two, mostly dating from the early nineteenth century to the present, exploring the various uses and shapes of fiction and trying to understand the expectations such forms raise. We will also consider the ways writers conform to and violate those expectations. In our reading, discussion, and writing we will develop the vocabulary and skills connected with the analysis of literary texts.

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Online Dictionaries and Style and Grammar Guides:

The American Heritage® Book of English Usage

Jack Lynch's "Guide to Grammar and Style"

Jack Lynch's "Resources for Writers and Writing Instructors"

ISR's "Doing Research " Page

William Strunk, Jr.'s classic The Elements of Style (1918)