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Part One 3

Unit One Langston Hughes:Early Autumn 3

Key Words 3

Elements of Fiction:The Short Story 3

Text for Reading 4

Interpretation and Discussion 7

Unit Two (1) I.B.Singer:The Washwoman (2) Frank Sargeson:A Piece of Yellow Soap 9

Key Words 9

Elements of Fiction:The Author,the Narrator and the Reader 9

Text for Reading (1) 11

Text for Reading (2) 14

Interpretation and Discussion 16

Unit Three Richard Selzer:The Discus Thrower 18

Key Words 18

Elements of Fiction:The Setting and the Theme 18

Text for Reading 19

Interpretation and Discussion 23

Unit Four Somerset Maugham:Mr.Know-All 24

Key Words 24

Elements of Fiction:Character and Characterization 24

Text for Reading 25

Interpretation and Discussion 32

Unit Five Roald Dahl:The Taste 35

Key Words 35

Elements of Fiction:The Story and the Plot 35

Text for Reading 36

Interpretation and Discussion 49

Unit Six Mary Gavell:The Swing 51

Key Words 51

Elements of Fiction:Flashback and Foreshadowing 51

Text for Reading 52

Interpretation and Discussion 59

Unit Seven James Joyce:Araby 61

Key Words 61

Elements of Fiction:Style,Tone and Irony 61

Text for Reading 62

Interpretation and Discussion 68

Unit Eight Frank Stockton:The Lady,or the Tiger? 71

Key Words 71

Elements of Fiction:Type of Short Story:Romantic Fiction 71

Text for Reading 72

Interpretation and Discussion 79

Unit Nine Frank O'Connor:Guests of the Nation 81

Key Words 81

Elements of Fiction:Type of Short Story:Realistic Fiction 81

Text for Reading 82

Interpretation and Discussion 94

Unit Ten Jack London:The Law of Life 96

Key Words 96

Elements of Fiction:Type of Short Story:Naturalistic Fiction 96

Text for Reading 97

Interpretation and Discussion 104

Unit Eleven James Thurber:The Secret Life of Walter Mitty 106

Key Words 106

Elements of Fiction:Type of Short Story:Modernist Fiction 106

Text for Reading 107

Interpretation and Discussion 113

Unit Twelve Donald Barthelme:The Glass Mountain 115

Key Words 115

Elements of Fiction:Type of Short Story:Postmodernist Fiction 115

Text for Reading 116

Interpretation and Discussion 122

Part Two Additional Stories for Reading and Discussion 125

Additional Reading One Kate Chopin:The Story of an Hour 125

Meet the Author 125

Text for Reading 126

Discussion Questions 128

Additional Reading Two Rabia Ozkaya:The Present 129

Meet the Author 129

Text for Reading 129

Discussion Questions 131

Additional Reading Three Katherine Mansfield:Miss Brill 132

Meet the Author 132

Text for Reading 133

Discussion Questions 137

Additional Reading Four Gary Gildner:Sleepy Time Gal 138

Meet the Author 138

Text for Reading 138

Discussion Questions 141

Additional Reading Five Richard Jefferies:The Acorn-Gatherer 142

Meet the Author 142

Text for Reading 142

Discussion Questions 145

Additional Reading Six Sherwood Anderson:The Egg 146

Meet the Author 146

Text for Reading 146

Discussion Questions 155

Additional Reading Seven John Collier:The Chaser 156

Meet the Author 156

Text for Reading 157

Discussion Questions 159

Additional Reading Eight O.Henry:After Twenty Years 160

Meet the Author 160

Text for Reading 161

Discussion Questions 163

Vocabulary 164