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Unit 7 Fiction: Short Story
1553303 English ProseAj Nareema Sangwiman, Ph.DFaculty of Humanities and Social SciencesNakhon Pathom Rajabhat University
Slide2Scope of unitLiterary terms and useful vocabularyDefinitions and history of English and American short storiesRecommended reading
Unit summaryComprehension questions
Slide3Learning ObjectiveAfter studying this unit, students will be able to…
List the significant features of short story.Analyze the selected text by applying literary elements.Apply literary criticism to interpret text critically.
Reflect their opinions into reflective journal.
Slide4Literary terms and vocabulary
anecdote
utopia
propaganda
cliché
sketch
Slide5Literary terms and vocabulary
tragedy
catharsis
archetype
satire
pathos
Slide6Short Story
https://www.britannica.com/art/short-storyA brief fictional prose narrative that is shorter than a novel and that usually deals with only a few characters.
Slide7Short Story
https://www.britannica.com/art/short-story
single effect
a complex plot
concise narrative
character is disclosed in action
a
few significant episodes
economy of setting
Slide8Short Story
https://www.britannica.com/art/short-story
single impression
highly economical
word
minimal
resolution
sentence should initiate the
predetermined
single predesigned effect
capable of being read
Slide9Significant features of short storyTake a PLOT and fit characters to it.Take a
CHARACTER and choose incidents to develop it.Take an
ATMOSPHERE
and get actions and characters to develop it.
Take an
IDEA
and
use
characters
and
action
to
develop this
.
http://johnwatsonsite.com/MyClassNotes/Topics/Short%20Story/Ch%27csShortStory.html
Slide10A brief history of American and English short storyThe Americans, the short story had become ‘a national art form. The short story in America has for almost two centuries held a prominent
, even pre-eminent place in the American literary tradition.
Slide11A brief history of American and English short storyEdgar Allan Poe; and the short story was for Poe his most successful and influential literary form. A number of other American writers in both the nineteenth and the twentieth centuries have, arguably, done their best
work in that medium.
Slide12A brief history of American and English short storyThe state of short story publication in England offers an acute illustration of the form’s cultural and economic marginality.
Slide13A brief history of American and English short storyShort story critics have often viewed English literature as dominated by the novel, and consequently have tended to diminish the achievements of English short storywriters.
Slide14A brief history of American and English short storyThe word ‘taxonomy’ describes a system of classification. The history of short story criticism has largely been concerned with questions of taxonomy
, in particular the essential features that define the short story.
Slide15Reading and interpretation Interpretation is reading for meaning. In reading for meaning, we look for what is significant, for what matter, and what is the writing adds up to.
Interpretation is something we do every time we read.
Slide16Reading and interpretation An interpretation is like traveling down a road, we can only get to where the road leads.Interpretation would be circular. We would always come back to the point from which we start.
Slide17Unit summary
Slide18Reading and interpretation
Slide19Treating books as art
Slide20Shapes, forms and structures
Slide21Recommended reading
Slide22Hans Christian Andersen
Slide23Slide24Selected reading: Short story
“The Story of an Hour” is Kate Chopin's short story about the thoughts of a woman after she is told that her husband has died in an accident. The story first appeared in Vogue in 1894 and is today one of Chopin's most popular works.
https://www.katechopin.org/the-story-of-an-hour
/
Slide25Josephine Mallard
flat
character
Brently Mallard
Louise’s husband
Louise
Mallard
Richard
Foil character: messenger
The story may take place in a small mansion in England, probably at the time in
which Chopin
published the manuscript – around the year
1894.
She is the protagonist in the story, and the only dynamic character
that appears in the whole plot.
Slide26Symbol
>> Time:
An hour
A Growing Awareness of Freedom
Desire
VS
Self-
Determination
>> Heart
>> Season
> autumn
> spring
Death
new life
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2
3
4
Historical context
Victorian era courtship rules and marriage facts
The Victorian period is also regarded as the era of Romanticism
After marriage, the property of the woman was automatically transferred to her husband.
A woman was never permitted to go out alone and meet a gentleman.
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2
3
4
Historical context
A woman was allowed some
liberties
.
After marriage, the woman played the role of a dutiful wife and mother.
Victorian girls had been brought up with firm intentions of marrying a suitable husband of the same or higher social
class.
The marriages in this period were treated more like a business deal than a romantic gesture or expression of
love.
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2
3
4
A significance
of
Space
and
Place
Woman’s household
Domestic kingdom
Public sphere
New world
Reality of life
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4
3
2
3
rd
person
omniscient narrative
Chopin
describes a
complete story that's not limited to the
protagonist's
point of view.
This point of view brings
Mrs. Mallard more sympathetic and understandable
.
As told by the narrator, though, it seems like Mrs. Mallard is helpless under the greater weight of human truths.
Point of View
Slide3101
02
03
04
Reading female writing: Freedom and self -worth
"open window" through which she sees the "open square" in front of her house
The repetition of the word "open" emphasizes possibility and a lack of restrictions.
Describing Louise's gaze, Chopin writes, "It was not a glance of reflection, but rather indicated a suspension of intelligent thought.
The trees are "all aquiver with the new spring of life," the "delicious breath of rain" is in the air, sparrows are
twittering…
Slide32Assignments Choose the correct answer. (Based on The Story of an Hour
) item 1-15.1. Why does the family gently break the news of death to Mrs. Mallard?a. They’re afraid that she might not believe.b. They know that she is afflicted a heart trouble.c. They’re afraid she will cry so much.d. They know that she doesn’t care about her husband.
2. Those who tell Mrs. Mallard the news are trying to make sure that she..............
a. retains some hope b. does not realize the full truth
c
. is not suddenly shocked d. is given ample opportunity to be alone
3. How does her husband supposedly die?
a. He dies in civil war. b. Someone kills him.
c. He has a car accident. d. He dies in a train accident.
Slide33Assignments
Choose the correct answer. (Based on
The Story of an Hour
)
4. How did Richards hear about the railroad disaster?
He heard about it at the newspaper office.
He heard about it from Josephine.
He received a telegram.
He read about it in the newspaper.
5. How does Mrs. Mallard respond to the news of her husband at first?
a. She just stares. b. She cries.
c. She locks herself in her room. d. She laughs.
Slide34Assignments
Choose the correct answer. (Based on
The Story of an Hour
)
6. Mrs. Mallard realizes that what is most important to her is....................................
a. self-respect b. self-protection
c. self-esteem d. self-awareness
7. When Mrs. Mallard wants to be alone, Josephine is concerned that her sister is..............................................
a
. dying b. denying reality
c
. overcoming with grief d. realizing that she is free
8. What happened to Mr. Mallard, according to the story?
a
. He
was cheated his friend Richard in a business deal.
b
. Nothing
happened to him.
c
. He
was left his wife for another woman
d
. He
was killed in a train accident.
Slide35Assignments
Choose the correct answer. (Based on
The Story of an Hour
)
9. What happens to Mrs. Mallard at the end of the story?
a
. She
enjoys a moment of triumph.
b
. She
faints with joy.
c
. She
begins to make funeral arrangements.
d
. She
dies of heart attack.
10. Mr. Mallard returning home in the story is what part of the plot?
a. Rising
action
b
. Resolution
c. Climax
d
. Falling action
Slide36Slide37Unit summary
Slide38Comprehension questions
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Slide44you
hank