Teaching the Short Story

Informationen zum Autor DEAN BALDWIN, Professor of English, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, USAMICHAEL GREANEY, Senior Lecturer in English Literature, University of Lancaster, UKCHARLES E. MAY, Professor Emeritus of Literature, California State University, Long Beach, USALINDEN PEACH, Associate Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Edge Hill University, UKANDY SAWYER, Librarian of the Science Fiction Foundation Collection, University of Liverpool, UKMARTIN SCOFIELD, Senior Lecturer, University of Kent, UKPAOLA TRIMARCO, Lecturer in Sociolinguistics and Literary Stylistics, Open University, UKPETER WRIGHT, Reader in Speculative Fictions, Edge Hill University, UK Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Series Preface Notes on the Contributors A Chronology of Significant Works Introduction; A.Cox Short Shorts: Exploring Relevance and Filling in Narratives; P.Trimarco Questioning Short Stories: Joyce, Barnes and Simpson; M.Greaney Raymond Carver and the Power of Style; M.Scofield Women Writers; L.Peach The Postcolonial Experience: The Southeast Asian Short Story in English; D.Baldwin The Science Fiction Short Story; A.Sawyer Story and Film; P.Wright Why Teaching the Short Story Today is a Thankless Task; C.E.May Postgraduate Research; A.Cox Appendix: Film Adaptations Further Reading Index...

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Ailsa Cox
• Con la collaborazione di: A. Cox (Editore), Ailsa Cox (Editore)
• Editore: Palgrave UK
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 05.04.2011
• EAN: 9780230573703
• ISBN: 978-0-230-57370-3
• Pagine: 224
• Dimensioni: 142 mm x 220 mm x 15 mm
• Serie: Teaching the New English; Teaching the New English (Pape; Teaching the New English (Pape; Teaching the New English
• Categorie: Libri scolastici > Didattica > Formazione professionale; B, Education, Teaching, English, Fiction, English Language, International and Comparative Education, teacher training, higher education, Language: reference & general, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Teaching and Teacher Education, Comparative education, International education, Literature, Modern—20th century, Twentieth-Century Literature, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Germanic Languages, Fiction Literature, Palgrave Literature Collection, Educational systems and structures, English;fiction;film adaptation;research;teaching