Overview

Analyzing Short Stories takes a classic, tried and true approach to the study of literature. The book gives students the easiest place for them to begin learning the concepts of analysis and evaluation because the structure and elements are generally the same; each story contains a conflict, characters, a setting, an emphasis on language, and a clear distinctive voice. Analyzing Short Stories provides the information students need to understand the principles of literary writing and promotes a format for writing analytical  papers about short stories. Once they have mastered the analytical process, students discover a new appreciation of literature and how to objectively judge a story's quality. And this analytical skill can be generalized and extended to nonliterary subjects, providing them with a solid approach to writing about subjects in the sciences and humanities.

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Author:   Joseph Lostracco ,  George Wilkerson ,  David Lydic
Publisher:   Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S.
Imprint:   Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S.
Edition:   10th Revised edition
Weight:   0.800kg
ISBN:  

9781792459566

ISBN 10:   1792459564
Pages:   277
Publication Date:   30 August 2021
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Foreword  1 The Central Idea THE CENTRAL IDEA THE CENTRAL IDEA AS THE GUIDING FORCE The Central Idea and the Elements of Fiction THE CENTRAL IDEA AS THE INTERPRETATION SOURCES FOR CENTRAL IDEAS Psychological Stories Sociological Stories Philosophical Stories Didactic Stories Escapist Stories IF THE CENTRAL IDEA ISN'T A MORAL, WHAT IS IT? WRITING THE ANALYSIS SAMPLES COMMON INTERPRETATION PITFALLS Differing Interpretations Complex Ideas Ideas That Conflict with Your Own Meaning Beyond the Story  2 Character CHARACTER TYPES Round and Flat Characters Details The ""Gray Area"" Complexity Major and Minor Characters Major Characters Minor Characters Stereotypes Static and Dynamic Characters The Static Character The Dynamic Character CHARACTER PRESENTATION OR EXPOSITION What the Narrator Says (Direct) What the Character Does (Indirect) What the Character Says (Indirect) What the Character Thinks (Indirect)  3 Conflict DEVIATING FROM CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER THE MAJOR ELEMENTS OF A PLOT CONFLICT AND PLOT EXTERNAL CONFLICTS INTERNAL CONFLICTS CONFLICT RESOLUTION CONFLICT AND THE CENTRAL IDEA CONFLICT AND CHARACTER  4 Point of View THE FIRST PERSON POINT OF VIEW The First Person Narrator's Perspective Confusing the Narrator with the Author Contributions the First Person Makes to a Story THE OMNISCIENT POINT OF VIEW Total vs. Limited Omniscience Contributions Omniscience Makes to a Story THE DRAMATIC POINT OF VIEW Contributions the Dramatic Makes to a Story COMBINATIONS AND CONSISTENCY IN POINT OF VIEW  5 Setting SPECIFIC VS. GENERAL SETTINGS THE SETTING AND THE CENTRAL IDEA 6 Language DICTION Denotation and Connotation IMAGERY Literal and Figurative Images Similes and Metaphors Imagery and Other Elements Imagery and Character Imagery and Setting Imagery and Tone Allusions Repetition SYMBOLISM Universal Symbols Contextual Symbols Characters as Symbols Objects as Symbols Actions as Symbols Allegory: The Symbolic Story IRONY Verbal Irony Dramatic Irony Situational Irony DIALOGUE SYNTAX The Periodic Sentence  7 Tone DISCOVERING AND DESCRIBING THE TONE Similes and Metaphors Allusions Repetition Diction Symbolism Dialogue Syntax The Periodic Sentence Irony DEFINING THE TONE A Comical/Humorous Tone A Sorrowful/Sad Tone Eerie/Fearful/Terrifying TONE AND THE ELEMENTS OF FICTION Character Conflict Point of View Language Setting Shift in Tone  8 The Creative Writing Process THE REVISION PHASE Character Revisions Conflict Revisions Point of View Revisions Setting Revisions Language Revisions Syntax Diction Imagery Symbolism Irony Tone  9 Additional Methods of Analysis ANALYSIS THROUGH A DOMINANT ELEMENT Alice Munro's ""How I Met My Husband""  by Dana Ross A Comparative Analysis of Katherine Mansfield's ""Miss Brill"" and James Thurber's ""The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"" by Mark Hall A Comparative Analysis of Roald Dahl's ""The Way Up to Heaven"" and James Thurber's ""The Catbird Seat"" by Lee Anne Aspra READING FOR COMPARISON/CONTRAST 10 Sample Essays An Analysis of Kate Chopin's ""The Story of an Hour"" by Brandi Grissom An Analysis of Nathaniel Hawthorne's ""Young Goodman Brown"" by Carlos Salinas An Analysis of Character in Guy de Maupassant's ""The Necklace"" by Rachel Back A Comparative Analysis of John Updike's ""A & P"" and Sherwood Anderson's ""I'm a Fool"" by Dwight Paul Waites A Documented Analysis of Language in John Updike's ""A & P"" 11 Analyzing Other Forms of Literature ANALYZING A NOVEL Central Idea Plot Conflict Characters Setting Point of View Language ANALYZING A PLAY Plot Conflict Characters Setting Point of View Language ANALYZING A SCREENPLAY Plot Conflict Characters Setting Point of View Language ANALYZING A POEM Symbolism Metaphors (and Similes) Diction Syntax The Periodic Sentence Irony SUGGESTED READINGS Novels Plays Screenplays Poems Stories for Further Study and Analysis ""A & P"" by John Updike ""A Jury of Her Peers"" by Susan Glaspell ""And Every Living Thing After Its Kind"" by Dan Fields ""Arrangement in Black and White"" by Dorothy Parker ""Astronomer's Wife"" by Kay Boyle ""Carlyle Tries Polygamy"" by William Melvin Kelley ""Désirée's Baby"" by Kate Chopin ""Eumenides in the Fourth Floor Lavatory"" by Orson Scott Card ""Haircut"" by Ring Lardner ""Harrison Bergeron"" by Kurt Vonnegut  ""Inflexible Logic"" by Russell Maloney ""Kinship"" by Red Wassenich ""Night Class"" by Lisa Sandlin ""Offloading for Mrs. Schwartz"" by George Saunders ""Paul's Case"" by Willa Cather ""Soldier's Home"" by Ernest Hemingway ""Son in the Afternoon"" by John A. Williams ""Ten Miles West of Venus"" by Judy Troy ""The Chrysanthemums"" by John Steinbeck ""The Fog Horn"" by Ray Bradury ""The Furies"" by Paul Theroux ""The Gilded Six Bits"" by Zora Neale Hurston ""The Girls in Their Summer Dresses"" by Irwin Shaw ""The Lottery"" (1948) by Shirley Jackson ""The Most Dangerous Game"" by Richard Connell ""The Moths"" by Helena María Viramontes ""The Possibility of Evil"" by Shirley Jackson ""The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"" by James Thurber ""The Star"" by Arthur C. Clarke ""The Story of an Hour"" by Kate Chopin ""The Trusty"" by Ron Rash  ""The Way Up to Heaven"" by Roald Dahl ""The Wind"" by Lauren Groff ""This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona"" by Sherman Alexie "" To Build a Fire"" by Jack London ""The Hell with Dying"" by Alice Walker ""Yolanda"" by Oscar Casare"

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