Literature and the Art of the Narrative

This course is delivered by Westcott Courses in partnership with University of Massachusetts Global 

Literature and the Art of the Narrative

Prerequisite: English Composition with a grade of C or better, assessment test placement or consent of instructor.

Course Description: This course will survey various narrative techniques across a broad spectrum of genres, including novels, short stories, graphic novels and comic books, television, and the movies. The student will examine how we tell stories, but also ask the question why narrative is so integral to the human condition.

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Duration: 8 weeks (Single 30 day extension if needed)

Ways to Learn: Online 

Enrollment Schedule

This class has hard start and stop dates, and does NOT have rolling enrollment as most of the courses. Students can enroll up to 2 weeks into class. View the schedule.

Course Topics:

  • Review of narrative types, including refractive, reflective, and linear narration; standard plot diagram; use of foreshadowing and flashbacks; unreliable narrators; and character development in written texts
  • Review of narration in an extended work
  • Review and analysis of narration in the novel genre
  • Review of narration in the graphic novel genre
  • Review of narration in electronic media, including television and cinema
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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