Experience reading outstanding short stories from multiple cultures, including Europe, South America, and Africa. When one reads international authors, one is caught first by the universality of life. Their concerns and experiences and dilemmas are not that different from those of readers and writiers everywhere. In this course, you will be guided as you build a new appreciation for literature outside America, recognition of the wealth of cultural and social diversity, a fresh awareness of the short story form and its potential and confidence in teaching the short story as a literary form.