TY - BOOK AU - Cox,Ailsa TI - Teaching the short story T2 - Teaching the new English SN - 9780230573703 (pbk.) AV - PN3373 C63 2011 PY - 2011///] CY - Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK, New York PB - Palgrave Macmillan KW - Short story KW - Study and teaching KW - LITERARY CRITICISM / General KW - bisacsh KW - EDUCATION / Higher N1 - 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 N2 - "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"-- UR - http://www.netread.com/jcusers/1388/2274311/image/lgcover.9780230573703.jpg ER -