It is even claimed that the short story, as it is known in the present days, has literally been invented by the Americans. Although the last claim might receive some criticism, it is almost agreed that the American short story has found in Edgar Allan Poe its first major theorist. Being ...
"Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow." These stories are thought to be the first examples of the genre of the short story, and they are both gothic and humorous.
The short story 'American History' was written by author Judith Ortiz Cofer. Cofer, who was born in Puerto Rico in 1952, moved to the United States... Learn more about this topic: Puerto Rican Americans: History, Politics & Culture
O. Henry is one of the American famous short story writers. His novels expose (揭露) the darkness ofcapitalism(资本主义) from different points of view, and describe the difficult life of lower class, praise their friendship and love to happy life. As we all know; O.Henry's endings are ...
I am not one for telling people what to do;I basically believe that as Americans,we have a right to our own opinions on social issues.Now,with that being said,I must stress one issue that seems to be a growing trend: pick up your trash (垃圾). I love the fact that parents involve...
“Yet, walking down the path with her, he blurted out, ‘I’d like to go and have a look at those rocks down there,’’ (Lessing 1). During the short story, “Through the Tunnel,” Lessing shows that Jerry has an interest in breaking away from his mother early on in the story....
The twentieth-century short story in Spanish America 来自 Semantic Scholar 喜欢 0 阅读量: 8 作者: RG Echevarría 摘要: Volume 2 provides coverage of all genres from the end of the nineteenth century up to García Márquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude and beyond to 1990, thus including...
Short story Full English text There were only two Americans stopping at the hotel.They did not know any of the people they passed on the stairs on their way to and from their room. Their room was on the second floor facing the sea. It also faced the public garden and the war monument...
In this 1956 short story, O’Connor explores one of her most beloved themes: classism. Mrs May, who faintly belongs to the old aristocratic class in the South, looks down on Greenleaf and his two sons, but the Greenleaf family are up-and-coming. ...
Though many outstanding novels have been written in the last century, most of these novelists have also been short story writers. This reference is a guide to contemporary English-language short story writers and their works. Included are alphabetically arranged entries on roughly 50 writers from ar...