Short+Stories

= = =__AP Literature Short Story Unit__= Have the story read and be prepared to demonstrate your reading and interpretation/analysis of the work through an assessment or discussion. Stories with page numbers are in the text; those without are in the short story packet. The stories are in order.

4/7 Chekhov “The Lady with the Pet Dog” 145 4/8 Gilman “The Yellow Wallpaper” 158 4/9 Joyce “Araby” 4/12 “Eveline” 4/13 Faulkner “Barn Burning” 4/14 “A Rose for Emily” 253 4/20 Hemingway The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber” 4/21 Steinbeck “The Chrysanthemums” 267 4/22 “Flight” 4/23 Marquez “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” 371 4/26 “The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World” 4/28 Oates “Where Are You Going Where Have you Been” 433 4/30 “The Lady With the Pet Dog” 5/3 Walker “Everyday Use” 473
 * *If you are absent, you must make up a short story day by preparing a half-page summary of the short story plus a half page analysis of a particular literary device. This must be typed, MLA format. This is due two class days after the absence for an illness, and the day after an absence for other reasons (field trip, college visit, etc.) ||
 * If you are absent, you must make up a short story day by preparing one page CSE paragraph analysis focusing on a particular literary device. This must be typed and in MLA format. This is due two class days after the absence for an illness, and the day after an absence for other events (HOST, field trip, college visit, etc.)

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[[file:Barn Burning.doc]]
parable: **:** a usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle A **parable** is a brief, succinct story, in prose or verse, that illustrates a moral or religious lesson. It differs from a **fable** in that fables use animals, plants, inanimate objects, and forces of nature as characters, while parables generally feature human characters.

allegory: a symbolic narrative

__**Words to describe language**__

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Vernacular: using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language; of, relating to, or being a nonstandard language or dialect of a place, region, or country; of, relating to, or being the normal spoken form of a language ======

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Slang should be distinguished from jargon, which is the technical vocabulary of a particular profession. Jargon, like many examples of slang, may be used to exclude non–group members from the conversation, but in general has the function of allowing its users to talk precisely about technical issues in a given field.====== [|Slang Quiz]

Jargon: a term used to describe the specialized terminology of particular groups or professions. Generally used in a derogatory sense, it carries an implicit criticism that those who employ jargon do so in order to exclude outsiders or to create the impression of complexity.

Dialect: a particular variation of a languagespoken by members of a class or region. A dialect may include a distinct vocabulary, syntax, conversational style, or accent. In rendering a specific accent, many contemporary writers attempt to capture its distinctive features without resorting to the distracting practice of phonic spelling, which was a feature of dialect writing around the turn of the century. "Wid a home lik dis an' a mudder like me, she went teh d'bad."

**Homework for 4/28** Know these terms:

pathos: is one of the three modes of persuasion in rhetoric (along with ethos and logos). Pathos appeals to the audience's emotions. It is a part of Aristotle's philosophies in rhetoric.Pathetic events in a plot are also not to be confused with tragic events. In a tragedy, the character brings about his or her own demise, whereas those invoking pathos often occur to innocent characters, invoking unmerited grief.

humor: that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous; the mental faculty of discovering, expressing, or appreciating the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous; something that is or is designed to be comical or amusing

grotesque: In fiction, characters are usually considered **grotesque** if they induce both empathy and disgust. (A character who inspires disgust alone is simply a villain or a monster.) Obvious examples would include the physically deformed and the mentally deficient, but people with cringe-worthy social traits are also included. The reader becomes piqued by the grotesque's positive side, and continues reading to see if the character can conquer their darker side. In Shakespeare's //The Tempest//, the figure of Caliban has inspired more nuanced reactions than simple scorn and disgust. Dr. Frankenstein's monster can also be considered a grotesque, as well as the Phantom of the Opera and the Beast in Beauty and the Beast