week one
THE NATURE OF NARRATIVE
Essay: “Writing Short Stories”
Short Story: “The Life You Save May Be Your Own”
WEEK TWO
NATIVE COUNTRY, NATIVE TONGUE
Essay: “The Fiction Writer and His Country”
Short Story: “Greenleaf”
WEEK THREE
USING METAPHOR AND SYMBOL
Essay: “The Nature and Aim of Fiction”
Short Story: “Good Country People”
week FOUR
UNEXPECTED BUT BELIEVABLE
Essay: “On Her Own Work”
Short Story: “A Good Man Is Hard to Find”
WEEK FIVE
MYSTERY AND MANNERS
Essay: “Novelist and Believer”
Short Story: “A Temple of the Holy Ghost”
WEEK SIX
FICTION AND FAITH
Essay: “Catholic Novelists & Their Readers”
Short Story: “The River”
