Short Story Midterm

Edgar Allan Poe

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Nickolai Gogol

Herman Melville

Anton Chekhov

Ambrose Bierce

Kate Chopin

Kate Chopin

Stephen Crane

Jack London

Sherwood Anderson

Katherine Mansfield

Katherine Mansfield

Emphasis on altered states of mind, imagination, rebelliosness, fantasy
Stories--> Poe, Hawhorne

Every word, every aspect, every element in the story must be working in perfect union with each other to work towards effect that the author wants to have on the reader

"doubles" in some way. They may represent different parts of a larger combined character, such as opposites who make a whole, or they may mirror one another

A story in which all the characters and things represent ideas beyond the literal goings-on in the story

Coming of age--> a story in which the events in the story initiate a character into the mysteriesof adulthood(sex, violence, sin)

Background information as to character and/or plot in order to fully understand what is happening in the story's current moments

"little man"--> looks at average, perhaps unremarkable characters; accurate portrayls and descriptions of comtemporary life and settings, studies societies and institutions, often contains social criticism, social limitationsm finds richness in the actual vs the fantastical
Stories--> Gogol, Melville

Hyper-realistic fiction that nakes a study of characters in their environments and examines the various contributing factors that determine their fates