This assignment discusses Short Story Masterpieces such as Anton Chekhov—”Gusev”. Therefore, become familiar with the elements of the short story and analyze each reading in terms of these elements.
Short Story Masterpieces-Anton Chekhov—”Gusev”
Short Story Masterpieces
Please read these 14 short stories: Sherwood Anderson—”I Want To Know Why” James Baldwin—”Sonny’s Blues” John Cheever—”The Enormous Radio” Anton Chekhov—”Gusev” F. Scott Fitzgerald—”Babylon Revisited” William Faulkner—”A Rose for Emily” Ernest Hemingway—”Hills Like White Elephants” Frank Kafka—”The Metamorphosis” D.H. Lawrence–“The Horse Dealer’s Daughter” Katherine Mansfield—”The Garden Party” Flannery O’Conner– “A Good Man Is Hard To Find” John Steinbeck—”The Chrysanthemums” John Updike–“A @ P” William Carlos Williams–“The Use Of Force” ** The aim is to strengthen your understanding of the short story genre, its elements and history. As well as to gain a good knowledge of each book author’s philosophy and stylistics. So, to interpret the contract stories well and to write these interpretations in paper of acceptable academic prose.
Short Story Masterpieces-Anton Chekhov—”Gusev”
INSTRUCTIONS: Proceeding in study, by evaluating each story for meaning and style, comparing and contrasting stories and striving to develop a general sense of the genre. Become familiar with the elements of the short story and analyze each reading in terms of these elements. Write about the short story, your topic derived from key concerns of your study. – Identify and describe the authors, works, ideas and developments. Also, analyze these works within the political, historical and social contexts of their emergence. Demonstrate the capacity to construct logically rigorous arguments; similarly demonstrate the capacity to write clear and correct prose at an appropriate level.
