College of Arts and Humanities
IMF 51611 Fiction: Novels-in-Stories L
Instructor
Kali VanBaale
Class Type
Literature
Course Description
This course will examine the literary form of novel-in-stories by examining three novels鈥擮live Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout, Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo, and the classic Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson. We鈥檒l discuss each individual 鈥渟tory鈥� in the book, and then the book as a whole鈥攚hat unifies the 鈥渟tories鈥� in the book to tell an overall story in the novel tradition as opposed to a collection鈥攁s well as the nuanced differences (and similarities) between novels, novels-in-stories and short story collections.
Textbook
Olive Kitteridge
Elizabeth Strout
ISBN 9780812971835
Girl, Woman, Other,
Bernardine Evaristo
ISBN-13: 978-0802156983
Winesburg, Ohio
Sherwood Anderson
ISBN 9780375753138
Joe Baumann
Department Head
English, Language, and Interdisciplinary Studies