Introduction to Fiction.
Writing About Fiction.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel 1804-1864, “Young Goodman Brown.”
Poe, Edgar Allan 1809-1849, *“The Fall of the House of Usher.”
Maupassant, Guy de 1850-1893, *“Mother Savage.”
Chopin, Kate 1851-1904, “The Story of an Hour.”
Chekhov, Anton 1860-1904, “An Upheaval.”
Wharton, Edith 1862-1937, “Roman Fever.”
Cather, Willa 1876-1947, “Paul's Case.”
Joyce, James 1882-1941, “Eveline.”
Lawrence, D.H. 1885-1930, *“The Rocking-Horse Winner.”
Porter, Katherine Anne 1890-1980, “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall.”
Zora Neale Hurston 1891-1960, *“Sweat.”
Faulkner, William 1897-1962, “A Rose for Emily.”
Hemingway, Ernest 1899-1961, *“Hills Like White Elephants.”
Borges, Jorge Luis 1899-1986, *“The Gospel According to Mark.”
Steinbeck, John 1902-1968, “The Chrysanthemums.”
Wright, Richard 1908-1960, “The Man Who Was Almost a Man.”
Welty, Eudora 1909-, “Livvie.”
Cheever, John 1912-1982, “Reunion.”
Camus, Albert 1913-1960, “The Guest.”
Ellison, Ralph 1914-1995, *“A Party Down at the Square.”
Jackson, Shirley 1919-1965, “The Lottery.”
O'Connor, Flannery 1925-1964, *“A Good Man Is Hard to Find.”
Marquez, Gabriel Garcia 1928-, “A Very Old Manwith Enormous Wings.”
Achebe, Chinua 1930-,*“Dead Men's Path.”
Munro, Alice 1931-, *“Vandals.”
Updike, John 1932-, “A & P.”
Oates, Joyce Carol 1938-, “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?”
Carver, Raymond 1938-1988, *“A Small Good Thing.”
Atwood, Margaret 1939-, *“Happy Endings.”
Mason, Bobbie Ann 1940-, “Shiloh.”
Walker, Alice 1944-, “Everyday Use.”
Tim Gautreaux 1947-, *“Died and Gone to Vegas.”
Gilb, Dagoberto 1950-, “Look on the Bright Side.”
Tan, Amy 1952-, “Two Kinds.”
Cisneros, Sandra 1954-, “Barbie-Q.”
Erdrich, Louise 1954-, “The Red Convertible.”
Lorrie Moore 1957-, *“How to Talk to Your Mother (Notes).”

Index of Critical Terms.