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CONTEMPORARY SHORT FICTION (H357)

H – Literature

Fiction often uses culture to paint vivid portraits of the character of individual people as well as the personality of a culture. This course investigates culture through literature and addresses writers we have not yet experienced. As always, the investigation of who our writers are will lead us to who we are! Most writers will be contemporary, and participants’ class prep will include 1-2 hours each week. Instructor will provide links to all stories.

This offering meets for a total of 13 session(s).

INSTRUCTOR: Leslie Healey

HEALEY, LESLIE — M.A., Case Western Reserve University, B.A., University of Delaware. Retired high school, college and middle school English teacher. Still reads too much and enjoys sharing great literature with others. Special interests include British literature, speculative fiction and contemporary literature/art. (H357)

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