Oakhill Humanities Project—Fiction Workshop Syllabus
Fall Semester 2019
Text: The Story and Its Writer (5th editions), Ann Charters
Attendance Policy: In accordance with OCI policy, if you are absent from any two class sessions, you will be removed from the class.
Book Return Policy: If you are transferred or don’t complete the course, please return the text book to the Oakhill School Office. The instructors will collect books at the end of the 8-week session.
Instructors: Ron Kuka, Christopher Chambers, Gabriel Louis, Emily Shetler
Week 1:
“House on Mango Street,” etc… by Sandra Cisneros, page 180
Week 2:
“The Red Convertible,” by Louise Erdrich, page 283
Week 3:
“The Things They Carried,” by Tim O’Brien , page 605
Week 4:
“The Use of Force,” by William Carlos Williams, page 761
Week 5:
“The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” by Ursula LeGuin, page 490
Week 6:
“The Old Chief Mshlanga,” by Doris Lessing, page 496
Week 7:
“The Man Who Was Almost a Man,” by Richard Wright, page 765
Week 8:
“Civil Peace,” by Chinua Achebe, page 10