Great Writers in Small Doses: The Short Story with Dr. Lynne Agress, PhD

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Lifelong Learning LogoCourse Title: Great Writers in Small Doses: The Short Story

Instructor:  Dr. Lynne Agress

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August 26, 2024 - September 30, 2024 (6 Sessions)  

Monday,  6:30PM ET - 8:30PM ET  

Virtual via Zoom

 

 

Course Description: Anyone who believes short stories differ from novels only in length has never read a great short story.  In this most popular course, we will enjoy works by classic writers, including Anton Chekhov, Guy de Maupassant, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Leroi Jones, Flannery O'Connor, Mark Twain, Stephen Crane, Carson McCullers, William Faulkner, and Mary Lavin.  Discussions will focus on character, theme, setting, and historical/cultural contexts--but, above all, on artistry.

 

All stories are available in Studies in Short Fiction, 2nd edition, edited by Douglas A. Hughes OR in other collections OR online.

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ABOUT Lynne Agress

Lynne Agress, Ph.D., has taught at Johns Hopkins University, Smith, and Goucher Colleges, and the University of Maryland.  She was president of BWB-Business and Legal Writing, Inc. and still conducts writing and editing workshops for companies.  She is the author of THE FEMININE IRONY and WORKING WITH WORDS,  as well as numerous articles in magazines and newspapers.  For the past 10 years, she has been writing opinion pieces for THE BALTIMORE SUN.

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Starts:
Monday, August 26, 2024
6:30pm EDT

Ends:
Monday, September 30, 2024
8:30pm EDT

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