Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway

Masterworks by Ernest Hemingway have shaped all of modern and contemporary fiction. For that reason, special emphasis will be placed on the techniques he deploys in his stories and how they work in delivering the content. Participants will read and study a number of these stories deeply and be prepared to discuss what the tales are about and how they function. Along the way, we will discuss how Hemingway may have been misread and oversimplified in the past.

John Campion is a lecturer in the UC Berkeley English Department. With 30 years of teaching experience, he specializes in creative writing, poetry, critical theory, and cultural studies. His most recent courses at the university include Critical Influences in Contemporary Culture as well as Modern Short Story Masters: James Joyce, Ernest Hemingway, Franz Kafka, and Flannery O'Connor.