May. Courses are listed in a brochure that the College at Sixty provides several weeks prior to the beginning of each semester. American Short Fiction . A study of the American experience through short fiction, from its early years to the modern era. The course examines classic American short stories and, if time permits, one-act plays and novellas. A Practicum in Recording Observations.
Writers learn to utilize their powers of observation.
Record those stories you have always wanted to, or delve into the more recent experiences in your life. This is not a literary criticism course, although it briefly samples the works of Seamus Heaney, Mark Doty, Erin Belieu and Marie Ponsot, among others. No previous writing experience necessary. The Kings and Queens of the Tudor Era. This course explores the major changes that occurred in England during the Tudor century - the revolution in government, the English Reformation, the development of social and economic patterns and the flowering of the English Renaissance.