DOCUMENT RESUME ED 397 453 CS 215 435 AUTHOR Neumann, Bonnie H., Ed.; McDonnell, Helen M., Ed. TITLE Teaching the Short Story: A Guide to Using Stories from around the World. INSTITUTION National Council of Teachers of English, Urbana, REPORT NO ISBN-0-8141-1947-6 PUB DATE 96 NOTE 311p. AVAILABLE FROM National Council of Teachers of English, 1111 W. Kenyon Road, Urbana, IL 61801-1096 (Stock No. 19476: $15.95 members, $21.95 nonmembers). PUB 'TYPE Guides Classroom Use Teaching Guides (For Teacher) (052) Collected Works General (020) Books (010) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC13 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Authors; Higher Education; High Schools; *Literary Criticism; Literary Devices; *Literature Appreciation; Multicultural Education; *Short Stories; *World Literature IDENTIFIERS *Comparative Literature; *Literature in Translation; Response to Literature ABSTRACT An innovative and practical resource for teachers looking to move beyond English and American works, this book explores 175 highly teachable short stories from nearly 50 countries, highlighting the work of recognized authors from practically every continent, authors such as Chinua Achebe, Anita Desai, Nadine Gordimer, Milan Kundera, Isak Dinesen, Octavio Paz, Jorge Amado, and Yukio Mishima. The stories in the book were selected and annotated by experienced teachers, and include information about the author, a synopsis of the story, and comparisons to frequently anthologized stories and readily available literary and artistic works. Also provided are six practical indexes, including those'that help teachers select short stories by title, country of origin, English-languag- source, comparison by themes, or comparison by literary devices. The final index, the cross-reference index, summarizes all the comparative material cited within the book,with the titles of annotated books appearing in capital letters. 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Jones, Professor Emerita, Clark Atlanta Daiute, Hazel Davis, Bobbi Fisher, Brenda Greene, University, Atlanta, Georgia Richard Luckert, Aileen Pace Nilsen, Jerrie Cobb Paul G. Lankford, Green Run High School, Virginia Scott, Karen Smith, Chair, ex officio, Dawn Boyer, Beach, Virginia ex officio May Lee, Baldwin Senior High School, Baldwin, New York NCIE Committee on World and Comparative Peter T. Markman, Fullerton College, Fullerton, Literature California Roberta Hoffman Markman, California State Bonnie H. Neumann, East Stroudsburg University, University, L:mg Beach East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania Elizabeth Max, Professor Emerita, Oklahoma State Helen M. McDonnell, Ocean Township High School, iniversity, Stillwater Oakhurst, New Jersey (retired) Breon Mitchell, Indiana University, Bloomington James DeMuth, University of Wisconsin-River Falls Renée H. Shea, University of the District of (deceased) Columbia, Washington, D.C. Mary Alice Fite, Columbus School for Girls, Ron Smith, Professor Emeritus, Utah State Columbus, Ohio University, Logan Daphne Gmbovoi, Silverado.High School, Las Vegas, Marilyn J. Strelau, Simsbury High School, Simsbury, Nevada Connecticut Judith A. Granese, Valley High School, Las Vegas, Donald Van Dyke, Glenbrook North High School, Nevada Northbrook, Illinois Hobart Jarrett, Professor Emeritus, Brooklyn College, Clifton Warren, University of Central Oklahoma, City College of New York Edmond 4 t5z. o. Bonnie H. Neumann Editor Helen M. McDonnell Associate Editor National Council of Teachers of English 1111 W Kenyon Road, Urbana, Illinois 61801-1096 , Manuscript Editor: Michael Himick Production Editors: Michelle Sanden Joh las, Kurt Austin Cover and Interior Design: Doug Burnett NCTE Stock Number: 19476-3050 © 1996 by the National Council of Teachers of English. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. It is the policy of NCTE in its journals and other publications to provide a forum for the open discussion of ideas concerning the content and the teaching of English and the language arts. Publicity accorded to any particular point of view does not imply endorsement by the Executive Committee, the Board of Directors, or the membership at large, except in announcements of policy, where such endorsement is clearly specified. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Teaching the short story: a guide to using stories from around the world / Bonnie H. Neumann, editor; Helen M. McDonnell, associate editor. p. cm. Includes indexes. ISBN 8141-1947-6 1. Short story.2. Short storiesStudy and teaching.3. Short stories.I. Neumann, Bonnie H., 1942- . H. McDonnell, Helen M. PN3373.T43 1996 808.83'1dc20 96-12993 CIP 6 CONTENTS Introduction xiii Akutagawa Ryfmosuke (Japan) IN A GROVE 13 ANNOTATIONS 1 Alexiou, Elli (Greece) Abrahams, Peter (South Africa) THEY WERE ALL TO BE PITIED 14 EPISODE IN MALAY CAMP 3 Allende, Isabel (Chile) Achebe, Chinua (Nigeria) TWO WORDS 15 GIRLS AT WAR 4 Amado, Jorge (Brazil) VENGEFUL CREDITOR 5 HOW PORCR-JNCULA THE MULATTO GOT THE CORPSE OFF HIS BACK 16 THE VOTER 6 .Andreyev, Leonid (Russia) Agnon, S. Y. (Israel) LAZARUS 17 THE DOCUMENT 7 Andric, Ivo (Bosnia-Herzegovina) A WHOLE LOAF 8 THE SCYTHE 18 Ahmad, Razia Fasih (Pakistan) A SUMMER IN THE SOUTH 19 PAPER IS MONEY 10 Asturias, Miguel (Guatemala) Aichinger, Ilse (Germany) TATUANA'S TALE 20 THE BOUND MAN 11 Aymé, Marcel (France) Aidoo, Ama Ata (''Thana) THE MAN WHO WALKED ThROUGH NO SWEETNESS HERE 12 WALLS 21 TEACHING THE SHORT STORY Ayyoub, Dhu'l Nun (Iraq) Colette (France) FROM BEHIND THE VEIL 22 l'HE LITTLE BOUILLOUX GIRL 39 Balzac, Honoré de (France) THE PHOTOGRAPHER'S MISSUS 40 THE ATHEIST'S MASS 23 Condé, Maryse (Guadeloupe) LA GRANDE BRETECHE 24 THREE WOMEN IN MANHATTAN 41 Baykurt, Fakir (Turkey) Cortazar,Julio (Argentina) FRECKLES 25 END OF THE GAME 42 Bjornson, Bjornstjerne (Norway) NIGHT FACE UP 43 THE FATHER 26 Cubena (Panama) Boll, Heinrich (Germany) ME AFRICAN GRANNIE 44 MURKE'S COLLECTED SILENCES 27 Curnali, Necati (Turkey) Borges, Jorge Luis (Argentina) IN GOD'S PLAINS 45 THE GARDEN OF FORKING PATHS 28 Danticat, Edwidge (Haiti) Borowski, Tadeusz (Poland) CHILDREN OF THE SEA 46 THE MAN WITH ME PACKAGE 30 Daudet, Alphonse (France) Buzzati, Dino (Italy) THE LAST LESSON 48 THE SLAYING OF THE DRAGON 31 Desai, Anita (India) Calvino, Italo (Italy) A DEVOTED SON 49 ALL AT ONE POINT 32 GAMES AT TWILIGHT 49 Camus, Albert (France) Dhlomo, H. I. E. (South Africa) THE GUEST 33 ME DAUGHTER 50 Chekhov, Anton (Russia) Dib, Mohammed (Algeria) THE BET 34 NAEMAWHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN 51 THE DARLING 36 Dinesen, Isak (Denmark) THE KISS 3' THE SAILOR BOY'S TALE 52 Cicellis, Kay (Greece) SORROW-ACRE 53 BRIEF DIALOGUE 38 Diop, Birago (Senegal) THE WAGES OF GOOD 54 vi 8 CONTENTS Djilas, Miovan (Montenegro) Hahn Moo-sook (Korea) THE OLD MAN AND THE SONG 55 SHADOW 71 WAR 56 Hamsun, Knut (Norway) Dostoevski, Fyodor (Russia) ME CALL OF LIFE 72 THE DREAM OF A RIDICULOUS Haris, Petros (Greece) MAN 56 LIGHTS ON ME SEA 73 THE HONEST THIEF 58 Hayashi Fumiko (Japan) WHITE NIGHTS 59 BONES 74 Dove-Danquah, Mabel (Ghana) Head, Bessie (South Africa) ME TORN VEIL 60 HEAVEN IS NOT CLOSED .75 Ekwensi, Cyprian (Nigeria) Hesse, Hermann (Germany) THE GREAT BEYOND 62 ME POET 75 Feng Jicai (China) Heym, Georg (Germany) THE MAO BUTTON 63 ME AUTOPSY 77 Flaubert, Gustave (France) Hildesheimer, Wolfgang (Germany) A SIMPLE HEART 64 A WORLD ENDS 78 France, Anatole (France) Huber, Heinz (Germany) THE PROCURATOR OF JUDEA 65 THE NEW APARTMENT 79 Fuentes, Carlos (Mexico) Idris, Youssef (Egypt) ME TWO ELENAS 66 THE CHEAPEST NIGHT'S Gide, Andre (France) ENTERTAINMENT 80 THE RETURN OF THE PRODIGAL Izgii, Muzaffer (Turkey) SON 67 WANTED: A TOWN WIMOUT A Gordimer, Nadine (South Africa) CRAZY 82 LITTLE WILLIE 68 Kafka, Franz (Czech Republic) A SOLDIER'S EMBRACE 69 A HUNGER ARTIST 83 Grace, Patricia (New Zealand Maori) IN THE PENAL COLONY 84 A WAY OF TALKING 70 ME JUDGMENT 85 THE METAMORPHOSIS 86 vii 9 TEACHING THE StIORT STORY Kapadia, Kundanika (India) Lim, Catherine (Singapore) PAPER BOAT 87 PAPER 100 Kariara, Jonathan (Kenya) Lo Liyong,Tahm (Uganda) HER WARRIOR 87 11./.E OLD MAN OF USUM.9URA AND FilS MISERY 101 Kawabata Yasunari (Japan) Lu Xun (fliina) THE JAY 89 p!ARY OF A MADMAN 102 THE MOON ON THE WATER 89 Mahfouz, Naguib (Egypt) Kiwon So (Korea) THE CONJURER MADE OFF WITH THE HEIR ME DISH 102 Kundera, Milan (Czech Republic) THE PASHA'S DAUGHTER '104 NOBODY WILL LAUGH .91 Mann, Thomas (Germany) Lagerkvist, Par (Sweden) DISORDER AND EARLY SORROW 165 FATHER AND I 92 TONIO KROGER 106 Lagerlöf, Selina (Sweden) TRISTAN 108 ME OUTLAWS 93 Maupassant, Guy de (France) La Guma, Alex (South Africa) ME NECKLACE 109 BLANKETS 94 Megged, Aharon (Israel) Iandoifi, Tommaso (Italy) THE NAME 110 PASTORAL 95 Meleagrou, Hebe (Greece) Lao She (China) MONUMENT 1 1 1 GRANDMOTHER TAKES CHARGE 97 Merimee, Prosper (France) Laxness, Haldor (Iceland) THE VENUS OF ILLE 112 LILY 98 Mishima Yukio (Japan) Lenz, Siegfried (Germany) PATRIOTISM 113 THE IAUGHINGSTOCK 98 Moravia, Alberto (Italy) Lim Beng Hap (Malaysia) THE CHASE 114 POONEK 99 THE FALL 115 CONTENTS Mphahlele,Es'kia (South Africa) Papadiamantis, Alexandros (Greece) THE MASTER OF DOORNVLEI 116 ME BEWITCHING OF ME AGA 130 Mrozek, Slawomir (Poland) Pavese, Cesare (Italy) CHILDREN 117 SUICIDES 132 ON A JOURNEY 118 Paz, Octavio (Mexico) Murakaini Haruki (Japan) MY LIFE WIM THE WAVE 133 ON MEETING MY 100 PERCENT Phfen V6 (Vietnam) WOMAN ONE FINE APRIL 134 MORNING 119 THE KEY Naipaul, V.