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2026-2027 DCTC Catalog 
  
2026-2027 DCTC Catalog

ENGL 1375 - The Short Novel



3 Credits
This course emphasizes knowledge of the human condition and human cultures, especially in relation to behavior, ideas, and values as demonstrated in short novels. Course topics include, but are not necessarily restricted to, the study of setting, structure, characterization, point of view, and prose style as demonstrated in short novels. The course also covers themes, concerns, and attitudes expressed in fiction across a range of periods.

Learning Outcomes
Demonstrate awareness of the scope and variety of works in the short novel

Articulate an informed personal reaction to short novels

Respond critically to works in the short novel

Analyze these works as expressions of individual and human values within a historical and social context

Analyze basic literary elements of works studied

Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MNTC) Goals
06 - Humanities/Fine Arts