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Oct 23, 2026
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ENGL 2204 - Short Stories
Credits: 3
Catalog Description
In this course, students will read selected short stories to explore the scope and variety of this form of literature. Point of view, characterization, language, and other elements will be emphasized; students will analyze, interpret, and evaluate the stories. The course will also highlight diversity and may be organized around a particular topic or theme.
Prerequisite(s) (must have a grade of C or better): None
Prerequisite(s) (must have a grade of C or better) or Corequisite(s): None
Corequisite(s): None
Recommended Skills, Abilities, or Coursework: ENGL 1120 or ENGL 1121 with a grade of C or higher
Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC) Goal Area(s) fulfilled: Goal 06A: The Humanities and Fine Arts, Goal 07A: Human Diversity, Race, Power, and Justice in the United States
Additional fee to student: No
Learner Outcomes
- Analyze a variety of short stories from diverse writers and cultures, including the United States, around a specific topic (e.g., women in literature, American writers, etc.).
- Use various writing techniques to analyze literature.
- Incorporate resources when conducting research on literature.
- Apply a critical approach to analyze selected short stories.
- Use literary terminology to describe technical elements of short stories.
- Understand that literature reflects the norms and values of specific cultures at specific times, thus it can be used as a lens through which to examine those norms and values.
- Identify the values and beliefs expressed in literature outside the traditional canon, especially by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) writers.
- Explain the ways in which literature helps us celebrate differences and better understand ourselves, other people, and the world around us.
Major Areas of Course Content
- The study of short stories in their varying stylistic approaches
- Literary elements and devices as they are used in short stories
- Critical and/or analytical writing in response to short stories
- Critical approaches to literature (may include, but not be limited to, reader-response, feminist, biographical, historical, psychological, deconstruction, archetypal, and new criticism)
- Fiction as cultural, historical, political, and personal artifacts
- Race, ethnic group, gender, and class conflicts in literature
- The contributions of diverse writers to the literary canon
Credit for Prior Learning Options
No credit for prior learning option is available for this course
Course Notes
This course is also offered through Anoka-Ramsey’s Concurrent Enrollment Program.
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