Fiction: A Pocket Anthology (Penguin Academics Series)

by Gwynn, R.S.

• ISBN13: 9780321087621
• ISBN10: 0321087623
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-01-01
• Publisher: Longman

Summary

The perfect alternative to lengthy fiction anthologies, this brief, inexpensive, and diverse collection of 42 short stories provides a concise yet complete introduction to the study of fiction. Chronologically organized, the diverse selection includes the discipline' s most popular short stories. An " Introduction to Fiction" provides an overview of the genre, defining key literary terms in context. " Writing about Fiction" offers instruction for writing essays and covers MLA style citation. Biographical headnotes highlight common themes and ideas in the author's body of work. Individuals who want a brief overview of the study of poetry.

Table of Contents

Alphabetical List by Author	xiii
Preface	xvii
Introduction	1	(1)
The Telling of the Tale	1	(2)
The Short Story Genre	3	(3)
Reading and Analyzing Short Fiction	6	(1)
Plot	7	(4)
Characterization	11	(2)
Point of View	13	(2)
Theme	15	(1)
Setting	16	(2)
Style and Symbol	18	(3)
Writing About Short Fiction	21	(8)
Fiction	29	(402)
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864)
Young Goodman Brown	31	(13)
Edgar Allan Poe (1809--1849)
The Fall of the House of Usher	44	(19)
Guy De Maupassant (1850--1893)
Mother Savage	63	(7)
Kate Chopin (1851--1904)
The Story of an Hour	70	(3)
Anton Chekhov (1860--1904)
An Upheaval	73	(8)
Edith Wharton (1862--1937)
Roman Fever	81	(13)
Willa Cather (1873-1947)
Paul's Case	94	(19)
James Joyce (1882--1941)
Eveline	113	(5)
D. H. Lawrence (1885--1930)
The Rocking-Horse Winner	118	(15)
Katherine Anne Porter (1890--1980)
The Jilting of Granny Weatherall	133	(9)
Zora Neale Hurston (1891--1960)
Sweat	142	(12)
William Faulkner (1897--1962)
A Rose for Emily	154	(10)
Ernest Hemingway (1899--1961)
Hills Like White Elephants	164	(5)
Jorge Luis Borges (1899--1986)
The Gospel According to Mark	169	(6)
John Steinbeck (1902--1968)
The Chrysanthemums	175	(11)
Richard Wright (1908--1960)
The Man Who Was Almost a Man	186	(12)
Eudora Welty (B. 1909)
Livvie	198	(14)
John Cheever (1912--1982)
Reunion	212	(3)
Albert Camus (1913--1960)
The Guest	215	(13)
Ralph Ellison (1914--1995)
A Party Down at the Square	228	(7)
Shirley Jackson (1919--1965)
The Lottery	235	(9)
Flannery O'Connor (1925--1964)
A Good Man is Hard to Find	244	(16)
Gabriel Garcia Marquez (B. 1928)
A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings	260	(7)
Chinua Achebe (B. 1930)
Dead Men's Path	267	(4)
Alice Munro (B. 1931)
Vandals	271	(26)
John Updike (B. 1932)
A & P	297	(7)
Raymond Carver (1938--1988)
A Samll, Good Thing	304	(23)
Joyce Carol Oates (B. 1938)
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?	327	(17)
Margaret Atwood (B. 1939)
Happy Endings	344	(4)
Bobbie Ann Mason (B. 1940)
Shiloh	348	(14)
Alice Walker (B. 1944)
Everyday Use	362	(9)
Tim Gautreaux (B. 1947)
Died and Gone to Vegas	371	(17)
Dagoberto Gilb (B. 1950)
Look on the Bright Side	388	(11)
Amy Tan (B. 1952)
Two Kinds	399	(11)
Sandra Cisneros (B. 1954)
Barbie-Q	410	(2)
Louise Erdrich (B. 1954)
The Red Convertible	412	(10)
Lorrie Moore (B. 1954)
How to Talk to Your Mother (Notes)	422	(9)
Acknowledgments	431	(4)
Index of Critical Terms	435