CD Audiobook
Masterpieces of short fiction. Part 1 of 2 [sound recording] / Michael Krasny.
"This course takes you on an exciting ride through an itinerary that samples 23 of the world's greatest short stories. The form of the genre, as well as the various ways in which it has evolved, is highlighted along the way with a display of the essential nuts and bolts of storytelling-- plot, character, setting, style, point of view, and theme. A mix of critical approaches will also be brought in to enhance analysis and interpretation and to explore some of the ways we judge and evaluate short fiction" -- p. 1 [booklet 1].
Record details
- ISBN: 1598034391
- ISBN: 9781598034394
- Physical Description: 6 sound cassettes : analog, Dolby processed + ; 1 booklet (56 p. ; 22 cm.).
- Publisher: Chantilly, VA : Teaching Company, c2008.
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Compact discs.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Part 1 of 2: Excavations-- Poe's "The cask of Amontillado" -- Hawthorne's "Goodman Brown" and lost faith -- Under Gogol's "Overcoat" -- Maupassant's "The necklace"-- real and paste -- Chekhov, love, and "The lady with the dog" -- James in the art studio-- "The real thing" -- Epiphany and the modern in Joyce's "Araby" -- Babel's "My first goose"-- violent concision -- Male initiation-- Hemingway's "The killers" -- Kafka's parable-- "A hunger artist" -- Lawrence's blue-eyed "Rocking-horse winner" -- Female initiation-- Mansfield's "Party".
- Participant or Performer Note:
- Professor Michael Krasny of San Francisco State University.
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Summary:
"This course takes you on an exciting ride through an itinerary that samples 23 of the world's greatest short stories. The form of the genre, as well as the various ways in which it has evolved, is highlighted along the way with a display of the essential nuts and bolts of storytelling-- plot, character, setting, style, point of view, and theme. A mix of critical approaches will also be brought in to enhance analysis and interpretation and to explore some of the ways we judge and evaluate short fiction" -- p. 1 [booklet 1].