The Story and Its Writer: An Introduction to Short Fiction

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Product details:

• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0312397291
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0312397296
• Author: Ann Charters

Table of contents:

PART ONE: STORIES

PART TWO: COMMENTARIES

PART TWO: COMMENTARIES

PART FOUR: APPENDICES

1. Reading Short Stories

Grace Paley, Samuel

Close Reading Short Fiction

Guidelines for Close Reading Short Fiction

Sample Close Reading: Grace Paley, Samuel

Critical Thinking About Short Fiction

2. The Elements of Fiction

Plot

Character

Setting

Point of View

Style

Theme

3. A Brief History of the Short Story

4. Writing About Short Stories

Keeping a Short Story Journal

Using the Commentaries and Casebooks

Writing the Paper

Types of Literary Papers

Student Essay: Explication:

Student Essay: Analysis:

Student Essay: Comparison and Contrast:

Writing about the Context and the Stories

Other Perspectives

Student Essay:

*Writing the Research Paper

*Student Essay: Research Paper:

Revising Your Research Paper

5. Literary Theory and Critical Perspectives

Formalist Criticism

Biographical Criticism

Psychological Criticism

Historical Criticism

Reader-Response Criticism

Poststructuralist and Deconstructionist Criticism

Gender Criticism

Cultural Criticism

Selected Bibliography

6. Glossary of Literary Terms

Acknowledgements

Index of Authors and Titles