This is an archived course. A more recent version may be available at ocw.mit.edu.
"No.3/No.13 by Mark Rothko-1949." (Image courtesy of kamikazecactus.)
Kimberly Vaeth
21L.003
Fall 2008
Undergraduate
This course offers students ways to become more engaged and curious readers for life. By learning the language of selected short stories and novels, students learn the language of literary description. There will be a strong emphasis on class discussion and writing. Readings will include fiction by O'Conner, Joyce, Tolstoy, Mann, Shelley, and Baldwin.
OCW has published multiple versions of this subject.
Kimberly Vaeth. 21L.003 Reading Fiction. Fall 2008. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.
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