USC Schedule of Classes

Spring 2025

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Formal Devices in the Creative Act

Section 35281

  • Session Dates (session code 001)
    First day of classes:
    Monday, January 13, 2025
    Last day to add:
    Friday, January 31, 2025
    Last day to change to Pass/No Pass:
    Friday, January 31, 2025
    Last day to drop without a mark of "W" and receive a refund:
    Friday, January 31, 2025
    Last day to withdraw without a “W” on transcript or change pass/no pass to letter grade:
    Friday, February 28, 2025
    Last day to drop with a mark of "W":
    Friday, April 11, 2025
    Last day of classes:
    Friday, May 2, 2025
    End of session:
    Wednesday, May 14, 2025




  • Book List Prices and book list are subject to change.
    • Nabokov. Bend Sinister. (Required)
      ISBN: 9780679727279
      New: $16.95
      Used: $12.75
    • Aristotle. How to Tell a Story. (Required)
      ISBN: 9780691205274
      New: $16.95
      Used: $12.75
    • Afanasev. Russian Fairy Tales. (Required)
      ISBN: 9780394730905
      New: $23.00
      Used: $17.25
      Rental: $14.95 (New), $9.20 (Used)
    • Propp. Morphology of the Folktale. (Required)
      ISBN: 9780292783768
      New: $24.75
      Used: $18.75
      Rental: $18.56 (New), $7.43 (Used)
    • Le Guin. Left Hand of Darkness (Rack Size). (Required)
      ISBN: 9780441478125
      New: $10.99
      Used: $8.25
      Rental: $8.24 (New), $4.84 (Used)
    • Tolstoy. Death of Ivan Ilyich & Other Stories. (Required)
      ISBN: 9780307388865
      New: $19.00
      Used: $14.25
      Rental: $12.35 (New), $7.60 (Used)
    • Tolstoy. What is Art?. (Required)
      ISBN: 9780140446425
      New: $16.00
      Used: $12.00
    • Shklovsky. Theory of Prose. (Required)
      ISBN: 9780916583644
      New: $14.95
      Used: $11.25
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