READING LIST—SHORT STORIES

  • Structure--Tim O’Brien “The Things They Carried”
  • Imagery & Symbolism--Shirley Jackson “The Lottery”
  • POV--AliceWalker “Everyday Use”
  • Setting--Tobias Wolff “Hunters in the Snow”
  • Theme--Flannery O’Connor “Good Country People”
  • Critical Approaches--Joyce Carol Oates “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been”
  • Nathaniel Hawthorne "Rappaccini's Daughter"
  • Edgar Allan Poe "The Cask of Amontillado"
  • Kate Chopin "The Story of an Hour"
  • Stephen Crane "The Open Boat"
  • Sherwood Anderson "Hands"
  • James Joyce "Araby"
  • DH Lawrence "The Rocking Horse Winner"
  • Katherine Anne Porter "The Grave"
  • William Faulkner "A Rose for Emily"
  • John Steinbeck "The Chrysanthemums"
  • Richard Wright "The Man Who Was Almost a Man"
  • Tillie Olsen "I Stand Here Ironing"
  • Flannery O'Connor "A Good Man Is Hard to Find"
  • John Updike "A&P"
  • James Thurber "The Catbird Seat"
  • Eudora Welty "Why I Live at the P.O."

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2010

(1) What is literature?

  • Journal #1
  • read p.3-5

(2) Writing about literature

  • reading literature
  • writing about literature
  • read p.48-69

(3) PLOT, CHARACTER, THEME, SETTING

  • Aesop “The Vixen and the Lioness” (94)
  • W. Somerset Maugham “The Appointment in Samarra” (95)
  • Anonymous “Muddy Road” (96)
  • Anton Chekhov “Misery” (97)
  • Kate Chopin “Desiree’s Baby” (104)
  • Alice Walker “Everyday Use” (109)

(4) POINT-of-VIEW

  • John Updike “A&P” (126)
  • Ambrose Bierce “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” (135)
  • Katherine Anne Porter “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” (142)

(5) ALLEGROY and SYMBOLISM

  • Nathaniel Hawthorne “Young Goodman Brown” (152)
  • John Steinbeck “The Chrysanthemums” (162)
  • Eudora Welty “A Worn Path” (170)
  • Shirley Jackson “The Lottery” (193)

(6) FLANNERY O’CONNOR

  • “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” (249)
  • “Good Country People” (261)
  • “Revelation” (274)

(7) OTHERS

  • Ralph Ellison “Battle Royal” (350)
  • William Faulkner “A Rose for Emily” (367)
  • William Faulkner “Barn Burning” (377)
  • Jack London “To Build a Fire” (423)
  • Guy de Maupassant “The Necklace” (447)
  • Joyce Carol Oates “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” (483)
  • Tim O’Brien “The Things They Carried” (495)
  • Edgar Allan Poe “The Tell-Tale Heart” (511)
  • Edgar Allan Poe “The Cask of Amontillado” (514)
  • James Thurber “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” (534)

LIST

  • “Parable of the Prodigal Son” (11)
  • Tobias Wolff “Powder” (18)
  • Tobias Wolff “Say Yes” (30)
  • William Blake “The Clod and the Pebble” poem (37)
  • Kate Chopin “The Story of an Hour” (50)
  • Ernest Hemingway “Cat in the Rain” (83)
  • Kate Chopin “Desiree’s Baby” (104)
  • Alice Walker “Everyday Use” (109)
  • John Updike “A&P” (126)
  • Ambrose Bierce “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” (135)
  • John Steinbeck “The Chrysanthemums” (162)
  • Eudora Welty “A Worn Path” (170)
  • Shirley Jackson “The Lottery” (193)
  • “Good Country People” (261)
  • “Revelation” (274)
  • William Faulkner “A Rose for Emily” (367)
  • Joyce Carol Oates “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” (483)
  • Tim O’Brien “The Things They Carried” (495)
  • Edgar Allan Poe “The Cask of Amontillado” (514)