Table of Content
Preface To the Instructor About the Authors ** Indicates new selections Fiction Interview with Amy Tan 1. Reading a Story The Art of Fiction Types of Short Fiction W. Somerset Maugham, The Appointment in Samarra Aesop, The North Wind and the Sun ** Bidpai, The Tortoise and the Geese Chuang Tzu, Independence Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm, Godfather Death Plot The Short Story John Updike, A & P Writing Effectively Writers on Writing John Updike, Why Write? Thinking About Plot Checklist: Writing About Plot Writing Assignment on Plot More Topics for Writing Terms for Review 2. Point of View Identifying Point of View Types of Narrators Stream of Consciousness William Faulkner, A Rose for Emily Edgar Allan Poe, The Tell-Tale Heart ** Virginia Woolf, A Haunted House ** Eudora Welty, Why I Live at the P. O. James Baldwin, Sonny''s Blues Writing Effectively Writers on Writing James Baldwin, Race and the African American Writer Thinking About Point of View Checklist: Writing About Point of View Writing Assignment on Point of View More Topics for Writing Terms for Review 3. Character Types of Characters Katherine Anne Porter, The Jilting of Granny Weatherall Katherine Mansfield, Miss Brill ** Naguib Mahfouz, The Lawsuit Raymond Carver, Cathedral Writing Effectively Writers on Writing Raymond Carver, Commonplace but Precise Language Thinking About Character Checklist: Writing About Character Writing Assignment on Character More Topics for Writing Terms for Review 4. Setting Elements of Setting Historical Fiction Regionalism Naturalism Kate Chopin, The Storm Jack London, To Build a Fire T. Coraghessan Boyle, Greasy Lake Amy Tan, A Pair of Tickets Writing Effectively Writers on Writing Amy Tan, Setting the Voice Thinking About Setting Checklist: Writing About Setting Writing Assignment on Setting More Topics for Writing Terms for Review 5. Tone and Style Tone Style Diction Ernest Hemingway, A Clean, Well-Lighted Place William Faulkner, Barn Burning Irony O. Henry, The Gift of the Magi Ha Jin, Saboteur Writing Effectively Writers on Writing Ernest Hemingway, The Direct Style Thinking About Tone and Style Checklist: Writing About Tone and Style Writing Assignment on Tone and Style More Topics for Writing Terms for Review 6. Theme Plot vs. Theme Theme as Unifying Device Finding the Theme Stephen Crane, The Open Boat Alice Munro, How I Met My Husband Luke 15:11-32, The Parable of the Prodigal Son Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Harrison Bergeron Writing Effectively Writers on Writing Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., The Themes of Science Fiction Thinking About Theme Checklist: Writing about Theme Writing Assignment on Theme More Topics for Writing Terms for Review 7. Symbol Allegory Symbols Recognizing Symbols John Steinbeck, The Chrysanthemums ** John Cheever, The Swimmer Ursula K. Le Guin, The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas Shirley Jackson, The Lottery Writing Effectively Writers on Writing Shirley Jackson, Biography of a Story Thinking About Symbols Checklist: Writing About Symbols Writing Assignment on Symbols Student Paper, An Analysis of the Symbolism in Steinbeck''s "The Chrysanthemums" More Topics for Writing Terms for Review 8. Reading Long Stories and Novels Origins of the Novel Romance Novels and Journalism Short Novels and Novellas The Future of the Novel Leo Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan Ilych Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis Writing Effectively Writers on Writing Franz Kafka, Discussing The Metamorphosis Thinking About Long Stories and Novels Checklist: Writing About Ideas for a Research Paper Writing Assignment for a Research Paper Student Paper, Kafka''s Greatness More Topics for Writing Terms for Review 9. Latin American Fiction Jorge Luis Borges, The Gospel According to
