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Teaching the short story / edited by Ailsa Cox.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Teaching the new EnglishPublisher: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, [2011]Copyright date: ©2011Description: xvii, 204 pages : illustrations ; 22cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780230573703 (pbk.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PN3373 C63 2011
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: "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"-- Provided by publisher.
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Foreign Books Foreign Books Pililla College Library General Stacks Non-fiction 809.3/1071 C63 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available URSPIL-2335

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"-- Provided by publisher.

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