[bioundgrd] Fwd: 21L.325 Two Short Story Collections - Second 1/2 semester 6-unit class

[Janice Chang]

>From: "Jamie Graham" <jamiecg at MIT.EDU>
>Subject: 21L.325 Two Short Story Collections - Second 1/2 semester 
>6-unit class
>Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:19:52 -0500
>
>
>Dear students,
>
>Looking for a fun way of adding another six units this semester? 
>This class will focus on lots of discussion, short readings, and 
>unexpected connections between two brilliant writers.
>
>Consider picking up 21L.325 Small Wonders!  This half-semester 
>course begins Monday, March 29 26, from 2:30-4 in 14N-325, and will 
>be taught by Senior Lecturer Wyn Kelley.  She writes:
>
>Characters in stories by Herman Melville (The Piazza Tales 
>[1856]) and Jhumpa Lahiri (Unaccustomed Earth [2009]) travel through 
>unknown seas and mysterious landscapes.  From quite different 
>perspectives-those of 19th-century New England mariner and farmer 
>and 21st-century urban Indian-American writer-these authors 
>intersect in unexpected ways.  In their explorations of 
>"unaccustomed earth"-the new worlds their characters navigate with 
>puzzlement, courage, resilience, and humor-they display uncommon 
>mastery of the American short story. Students will discuss their 
>stories as separate pieces and also as parts of carefully designed 
>collections. Written work will include a reading journal and two 
>brief essays.
>
>To add this course, you must fill out an Add Course form by 
>Thursday, April 22; you can pick up this form at the Literature HQ 
>in 14N-407.  Please email Wyn with your interest at 
><mailto:wkelley at mit.edu>wkelley at mit.edu.
>
>Hope to see you there!
>
>Best regards,
>
>
>Jamie Graham
>
>
>
>---
>
>Jamie Graham
>Administrative Assistant for Undergraduate Academic Administration
>Literature Section @ MIT
>14N-407
>T. (617) 258-5629
>F. (617) 253-6105
>
>
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