Exploring Short Stories new edition
Volume 1: years 7-10
Volume 1: Teacher's Resource Book
Volume 2: years 10-12
Volume 2: Teacher's Resource Book
ed Peter Adams
Exploring Short Stories provides 20 short stories for junior and middle secondary students (Volume 1) and 22 for middle to senior secondary students (Volume 2) . The stories come from well known and highly regarded authors from around the world and represent a range of write styles and types of short story. The stories in each volume are grouped according to the feature of the short story genre they best represent.
Exploring Short Stories Teacher Resource Books provide detailed information about features of the short story as a genre, an extensive commentary on each story with notes on the authors, the themes and features of the writing. For each story there are practical ideas for teachers, and copiable activities and exercises for students.
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| Volume 1 Contents | Volume 1 Teacher's Resource Book Contents |
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INTRODUCTION A. THE READER I. Sequencing ‘The Smart Dog’ by Dal Stivens II. Predicting the Ending ‘I Used To Live Here Once’ by Jean Rhys ‘The Norfolk Island Pine Tree’ by Brian Matthews III. Articulating the Themes ‘The Star Beast’ by Nicholas Stuart Gray B. THE TEXT I. Intertextuality ‘Who Dares Wins’ by N. M. Cooper ‘Noah and the Flood’ King James Version of The Bible ‘The Windows of Heaven’ by John Brunner II. Some Narrative Techniques a. Unreliable Narrators ‘I Fooled You, Didn’t I?’ by Michael Edom (aged 13) ‘Jupiter Doke, Brigadier General’ by Ambrose Bierce b. A Shift of Perspective ‘Space Fantasies’ by Amy Burroughs (aged 13) ‘Just Right?’ by Steven Langsford (aged 13) ‘Nescience’ by Jim Finkemeyer (aged 16) ‘A Timeless Observation’ by Heath Manners (aged 18) c. A Twist in the Tale ‘Conscience in Art’ by ‘O. Henry’ (William Sydney Porter) ‘The Specimen’ by Ray Mason (aged 16) d. Indeterminate Endings ‘In the Garden’ by Petrina Smith ‘The Fly–Paper’ by Elizabeth Taylor e. Parallel Narration ‘Tiger in the Snow’ by Daniel Wynn Barber III. Same But Different ‘The Loaded Dog’ by Henry Lawson ‘Moon–Face’ by Jack London
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INTRODUCTION A. The Reader ‘Sequencing’ ‘Predicting the Ending’ ‘Articulating the Themes’ B. The Text ‘Intertextuality’ ‘Unreliable Narrators’ ‘A Shift of Perspective’ ‘A Twist in the Tale’ ‘Indeterminate Endings’ ‘Parallel Narration’ ‘Same But Different’ Bibliography
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| Volume 2 Contents | Volume 2 Teacher's Resource Book Contents |
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INTRODUCTION I. Some Narrative Techniques Intertextuality ‘Homecoming’ by Roger Woddis ‘The Empty Beach’ by James R. Allen ‘The Demon Lover’ by Elizabeth Bowen ‘James Harris (The Dæmon Lover)’ Anonymous Fictional autobiography ‘Bad Characters’ by Jean Stafford ‘An Ounce of Cure’ by Alice Munro Circularity ‘Homework’ by Farrukh Dhondy Unreliable narrators ‘My Sister’s Marriage’ by Cynthia Marshall Rich ‘Why I Live at the P.O.’ by Eudora Welty ‘One’s a Heifer’ by Sinclair Ross Indeterminacy ‘The Summer People’ by Shirley Jackson II. Ideologies, Discourses and the Positioning of the Reader ‘Out of the Mouths of Babes’ by Kathryn Clarke ‘Kay Petman’s Coloured Pencils’ by Carmel Bird III. Satire ‘Attila’ by Karel Capek ‘Spring in Poland’ by Slawomir Mrozek ‘Sex in Australia from the Man’s Point of View’ by Michael Wilding IV. Three Fables: Articulating the Themes ‘The Man at the Wall’ by John Morressy ‘Seven Floors’ by Dino Buzzati ‘Before the Law’ by Franz Kafka V. Author Study: Sinclair Ross ‘The Lamp at Noon’ by Sinclair Ross ‘The Painted Door by Sinclair Ross ‘The Flowers That Killed Him’ by Sinclair Ross
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INTRODUCTION A. Some Narrative Techniques · ‘Intertextuality’ by Richard Hafer and Peter Adams · ‘Fictional Autobiography’ by Sue Wendt · ‘Circularity’ by Richard Hafer · ‘Unreliable Narrators’ by Sue Wendt and Peter Adams · ‘Indeterminacy’ by Jackie Mussared B. ‘Ideologies, Discourses and the Positioning of the Reader’ by Ken Watson C. ‘Satire’ by Jackie Mussared and Peter Adams D. ‘Three Fables: Articulating the Themes’ by Peter Adams E. ‘Author Study: Sinclair Ross’ by Peter Adams Bibliography
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