eFictions

by Trimmer, Joseph F.; Jennings, Wade C.; Patterson, Annette

• ISBN13: 9780155062054
• ISBN10: 0155062050
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-07-25
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

Summary

EFICTIONS is a unique anthology that provides a creative solution for the Introductory Fiction or Introductory Literature course. Instructors can adopt the core text--an engaging collection of the best-loved and most-taught short stories in English--or, they can use the EFICTIONS Web Site to build a customized anthology of traditional and innovative stories that matches their teaching style and literary interests. The core text contains: an introduction that covers the reading, writing, and research process; "Paired Stories," a short anthology of 10 stories that enables students to compare how two authors develop one of the major fictional elements; "A Collection of Stories," a longer anthology of 59 stories arranged alphabetically, but accompanied by a thematic table of contents; and a glossary of critical terms. The Web site contains all 70 stories from the core text, as well as 130 additional stories--traditional favorites, new voices, and international stories written in or translated into English--that give instructors unprecedented flexibility in designing an anthology for their course. All customized versions of EFICTIONS automatically contain the Introduction and "Paired Stories" sections from the core text. In addition, instructors have the option of including their own course materials in their customized anthology. For additional information, visit www.textchoice.com, or contact your sales representative. (Customized anthologies require a minimum order of 25 books.)

Table of Contents

Preface	v
Thematic Table of Contents	xiii
Introduction
Reading and Writing About Short Stories	3	(11)
Discussing Short Stories: The Basic Elements	3	(1)
Plot	4	(1)
Characterization	5	(1)
Setting	6	(2)
Point of View	8	(1)
Theme	9	(2)
Guidelines for Reading Short Stories	11	(1)
Preview the Story	12	(1)
Read the Story Actively	12	(1)
Respond Promptly to the Story	13	(1)
The Story of an Hour	14	(37)
Kate Chopin
Questions for Discussion and Writing	16	(1)
Writing Stories for Comparison	16	(1)
Two Sample Student Responses	17	(3)
The Writing Process	20	(10)
Writing an Essay on a Topic of Your Own Choice	20	(1)
Brainstorming About the Story	20	(2)
Restrict Your Topic	22	(1)
Plan Your Essay	22	(2)
Develop Your Paragraphs	24	(1)
Sample Rough Draft	25	(2)
Sample Revision Strategy	27	(2)
Sample Revised Essay	29	(1)
The Research Process	30	(15)
Finding Sources	31	(1)
Evaluating Sources	31	(1)
Documenting Sources	31	(1)
Citing Sources	32	(1)
Sample Research Paper	33	(1)
Kathy Conrow: ``Fact, Fiction, and Film: A Comparison of The Joy That Kills and Kate Chopin's `The Story of an Hour'''	33	(12)
A Final Word	45	(4)
PAIRED STORIES
Plot	49	(2)
The Lady with the Dog	51	(12)
Anton Chekhov
The Lady with the Pet Dog	63	(15)
Joyce Carol Oates
Character	77	(1)
Paul's Case	78	(14)
Willa Cather
Among the Mourners	92	(10)
Ellen Gilchrist
Setting	100	(2)
Her First Ball	102	(5)
Katherine Mansfield
His First Ball	107	(10)
Witi Ihimaera
Point of View	115	(2)
The Yellow Wallpaper	117	(12)
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
A Rose for Emily	129	(9)
William Faulkner
Theme	136	(2)
Harrison Bergeron	138	(6)
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas	144	(11)
Ursula K. Le Guin
A COLLECTION OF STORIES
Vengeful Creditor	155	(12)
Chinua Achebe
Phantom Palace	167	(12)
Isabel Allende
I'm a Fool	179	(10)
Sherwood Anderson
Sonny's Blues	189	(24)
James Baldwin
The Lesson	213	(8)
Toni Cade Bambara
Lost in the Funhouse	221	(18)
John Barth
The Garden of Forking Paths	239	(8)
Jorge Luis Borges
The Guest	247	(12)
Albert Camus
American Dreams	259	(10)
Peter Carey
A Small, Good Thing	269	(18)
Raymond Carver
The Swimmer	287	(10)
John Cheever
One Holy Night	297	(6)
Sandra Cisneros
The Star	303	(6)
Arthur C. Clarke
The Open Boat	309	(18)
Stephen Crane
Battle Royal	327	(12)
Ralph Ellison
The Red Convertible	339	(8)
Louise Erdrich
Barn Burning	347	(14)
William Faulkner
Babylon Revisited	361	(16)
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Sky Is Gray	377	(22)
Ernest Gaines
A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings	399	(6)
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Dream Children	405	(12)
Gail Godwin
Town and Country Lovers	417	(14)
Nadine Gordimer
The Destructors	431	(12)
Graham Greene
Rappaccini's Daughter	443	(22)
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Young Goodman Brown	465	(10)
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Short, Happy Life of Francis Macomber	475	(24)
Ernest Hemingway
The Lottery	499	(8)
Shirley Jackson
A White Heron	507	(8)
Sarah Orne Jewett
The Bridegroom	515	(16)
Ha Jin
Araby	531	(6)
James Joyce
The Dead	537	(30)
James Joyce
In the Penal Colony	567	(20)
Franz Kafka
The Rocking-Horse Winner	587	(12)
D. H. Lawrence
The Drover's Wife	599	(8)
Henry Lawson
A Woman on a Roof	607	(8)
Doris Lessing
To Build a Fire	615	(12)
Jack London
The Magic Barrel	627	(14)
Bernard Malamud
Bartleby the Scrivener	641	(28)
Herman Melville
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?	669	(14)
Joyce Carol Oates
A Good Man Is Hard to Find	683	(14)
Flannery O'Connor
Revelation	697	(16)
Flannery O'Connor
I Stand Here Ironing	713	(8)
Tillie Olsen
The Cask of Amontillado	721	(8)
Edgar Allan Poe
The Jilting of Granny Weatherall	729	(8)
Katherine Anne Porter
A Losing Game	737	(8)
J. F. Powers
Entropy	745	(12)
Thomas Pynchon
Defender of the Faith	757	(24)
Philip Roth
The Endless Street Car Ride into the Night, and the Tinfoil Noose	781	(6)
Jean Shepherd
Storyteller	787	(14)
Leslie Marmon Silko
Gimpel the Fool	801	(12)
Isaac Bashevis Singer
The Chrysanthemums	813	(10)
John Steinbeck
A & P	823	(6)
John Updike
Separating	829	(10)
John Updike
Everyday Use	839	(8)
Alice Walker
Pumpkin Pie	847	(8)
Fay Weldon
Why I Live at the P.O.	855	(10)
Eudora Welty
A Worn Path	865	(8)
Eudora Welty
Roman Fever	873	(12)
Edith Wharton
The Man Who Was Almost a Man	885
Richard Wright