Teaching the short story /
Teaching the short story /
edited by Ailsa Cox.
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, [2011] ©2011
- xvii, 204 pages : illustrations ; 22cm
- Teaching the new English .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: -- Notes on the Contributors -- A Chronology of Significant Works -- Introduction; A.Cox -- Why Teaching the Short Story Today is a Thankless Task; C.E.May -- Questioning Short Stories; M.Greaney -- Short Shorts: Exploring Relevance and Filling in Narratives; P.Trimarco -- Raymond Carver and the Power of Style; M.Scofield -- Women Writers; L.Peach -- The Postcolonial Experience: The Southeast Asian Short Story in English; D.Baldwin -- The Science Fiction Short Story; A.Sawyer -- Sacred Cows and Gift Horses; N.Royle -- Story and Film; P.Wright -- Postgraduate Research; A.Cox -- Appendix: Film Adaptations -- Further Reading -- Index.
"The short story is moving from relative neglect to a central position in the curriculum; as a teaching tool, it offers students a route into many complex areas, including critical theory, gender studies, postcolonialism and genre. This book offers a practical guide to the short story in the classroom, covering all these fields and more"--
9780230573703 (pbk.)
2011003947
Short story--Study and teaching.
LITERARY CRITICISM / General
EDUCATION / Higher
PN3373 / C63 2011
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: -- Notes on the Contributors -- A Chronology of Significant Works -- Introduction; A.Cox -- Why Teaching the Short Story Today is a Thankless Task; C.E.May -- Questioning Short Stories; M.Greaney -- Short Shorts: Exploring Relevance and Filling in Narratives; P.Trimarco -- Raymond Carver and the Power of Style; M.Scofield -- Women Writers; L.Peach -- The Postcolonial Experience: The Southeast Asian Short Story in English; D.Baldwin -- The Science Fiction Short Story; A.Sawyer -- Sacred Cows and Gift Horses; N.Royle -- Story and Film; P.Wright -- Postgraduate Research; A.Cox -- Appendix: Film Adaptations -- Further Reading -- Index.
"The short story is moving from relative neglect to a central position in the curriculum; as a teaching tool, it offers students a route into many complex areas, including critical theory, gender studies, postcolonialism and genre. This book offers a practical guide to the short story in the classroom, covering all these fields and more"--
9780230573703 (pbk.)
2011003947
Short story--Study and teaching.
LITERARY CRITICISM / General
EDUCATION / Higher
PN3373 / C63 2011