Teaching the Short Story

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvii

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2. Introduction

   • Ailsa Cox

   Pages 1-12

3. Short Shorts: Exploring Relevance and Filling in Narratives

   • Paola Trimarco

   Pages 13-27

4. Questioning Short Stories: Joyce, Barnes and Simpson

   • Michael Greaney

   Pages 28-42

5. Raymond Carver and the Power of Style

   • Martin Scofield

   Pages 43-59

6. Women Writers

   • Linden Peach

   Pages 60-75

7. The Postcolonial Experience: The South East Asian Short Story in English

   • Dean Baldwin

   Pages 76-95

8. The Science Fiction Short Story

   • Andy Sawyer

   Pages 96-116

9. Story and Film

   • Peter Wright

   Pages 117-146

10. Why Teaching the Short Story Today is a Thankless Task

    • Charles E. May

    Pages 147-160

11. Postgraduate Research

    • Ailsa Cox

    Pages 161-173

12. Back Matter

    Pages 174-204

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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.

• English
• fiction
• film adaptation
• research
• teaching

• Edge Hill University, UK

  Ailsa Cox

DEAN BALDWIN, Professor of English, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, USA MICHAEL GREANEY, Senior Lecturer in English Literature, University of Lancaster, UK CHARLES E. MAY, Professor Emeritus of Literature, California State University, Long Beach, USA LINDEN PEACH, Associate Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Edge Hill University, UK ANDY SAWYER, Librarian of the Science Fiction Foundation Collection, University of Liverpool, UK MARTIN SCOFIELD, Senior Lecturer, University of Kent, UK PAOLA TRIMARCO, Lecturer in Sociolinguistics and Literary Stylistics, Open University, UK PETER WRIGHT, Reader in Speculative Fictions, Edge Hill University, UK

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