Unit 1: Introduction to the American short story and analysis of its evolution and main characteristics.

Unit 2: 1830-1865. Romantic Period. Washington Irving, "Rip Van Winkle"

Unit 3: 1866-1910. Realistic Period. Willa Cather, "A Wagner Matinée"

Unit 4: 1911-1945. Modernism. Sherwood Anderson, "Hands"

Unit 5: 1946-1980. Ernest Hemingway, "I Guess Everything Reminds You of Something"