University of Virginia Library

For Undergraduates.

Course 1B: The Short Story, the Essay, and the Oration as Types
of Literature: English Literature 1A (or its equivalent) prerequisite.
These three dominant types of prose literature will be studied both in
their origins and in their structural development. Representative specimens
will be analyzed and readings assigned. Plots will be suggested
for original short stories, and themes for essays and orations. Tuesday,
Thursday, Saturday, 10-11. Cabell Hall.