A review of the basic elements of the short story is prerequisite for this course of study. The importance of theme, character, symbol, point of view, tone, humor, satire and setting should be carefully explained.
Short works covered in this course include:
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“A Respectable Women” Kate Chopin
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“A New England Nun” Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
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“The Grave” Katherine Anne Porter
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“Roman Fever” Edith Wharton
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“Livvie” Eudora Welty
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“Good Country People” Flannery O’Conner
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“Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been” Joyce Carol Oates
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chapter excerpts from
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou
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Sula
Toni Morrison
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“Tell Martha Not To Moan” Shirley Williams
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“We’re the Only Colored People Here” Gwendolyn Brooks
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“At the Burns-Coopers” ’
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“The Pocketbook Game” Alice Childress
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“The Gilded Six-Bits” Zora Neale Hurston
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“White Rat” Gayl Jones