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Reading Fiction

Painting by Mark Rothko - 1949 - No. 3/No. 13.

"No.3/No.13 by Mark Rothko-1949." (Image courtesy of kamikazecactus.)

Instructor(s)

MIT Course Number

21L.003

As Taught In

Fall 2008

Level

Undergraduate

Course Description

Course Features

Course Description

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.

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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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