Teaching the short story
By: Ailsa Cox
Series: Teaching the new English
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230573703
Subjects: EDUCATION / Higher; Short story; Study and teaching; LITERARY CRITICISM / General
Description: "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"--
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: Notes on the Contributors; title: A Chronology of Significant Works; title: Introduction; A.Cox; title: Why Teaching the Short Story Today is a Thankless Task; C.E.May; title: Questioning Short Stories; M.Greaney; title: Short Shorts: Exploring Relevance and Filling in Narratives; P.Trimarco; title: Raymond Carver and the Power of Style; M.Scofield; title: Women Writers; L.Peach; title: The Postcolonial Experience: The Southeast Asian Short Story in English; D.Baldwin; title: The Science Fiction Short Story; A.Sawyer; title: Sacred Cows and Gift Horses; N.Royle; title: Story and Film; P.Wright; title: Postgraduate Research; A.Cox; title: Appendix: Film Adaptations; title: Further Reading; title: Index.