Lectures 11 & 12 American Short Stories: From Postmodernism to Dirty Realism John Barth on the short story ‘Less really is More… there are narrative ideas suitable only for a short story: quick tales‚ epiphanies that even a novella would attenuate…. You can hold a short story in your hand‚ like a lyric poem; see it whole; examine the function of individual sentences‚ even individual words‚ as you can’t readily do with Bleak House’. Ihab Hassan: Modernism vs Postmodernism (from
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Literary Analysis paper - Cathedral "Cathedral" by Raymond Carver tells us short story about a blind man who comes to visit his friend and her husband. In the story‚ even though the husband can technically see and has a normal sight‚ in the beginning of the story he is the one who shows the signs of true "blindness" through inability to see Robert beyond his blindness‚ incapability to communicate with Robert‚ him feeling uncomfortable and acting awkward around Robert. The husband does
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essay. This short story is told through the voice of the main character—a girl from the ghetto named Sylvia. Sylvia’s narration of the events in this story is as raw and as true to life as any fiction can be. In “Reading Blind‚” Atwood quotes from Raymond Chandler: “All language begins with speech‚ and the speech of common men at that.” The voice in “The Lesson” precisely portraits the speech of a black girl living in the poor urban area with sentences that lack auxiliary or conjugations‚ and by doing
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After analyzing Raymond Carver’s "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love‚" it is easy to see that there are several different ideas concerning true love that the characters in the story are in dispute over. Terri’s idea of real love is the most valid out of the group at the table. All of the members of the group are rather confused as to what real love is. Terri is included as one of the confused. However‚ I believe that she is the closest to understanding what love is. A key piece of evidence
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Seeing Through Blind Eyes: In a critical essay written by Diane Andrews Henningfeld‚ Henningfeld says that the short story “Cathedral” by Raymond Carver first appeared in The Atlantic Monthly before Carver made it the title of his collection that bears the same name. The story has become one of the most frequently taught short stories of Carver’s body of work (Henningfeld). In the story‚ the closed-minded narrator meets his wife’s good friend‚ Robert‚ who happens to be blind. As the story progresses
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story “THEY’RE NOT YOUR HUSBAND” by Raymond Carver‚ who is known by his minimalistic writing. The short story “They are not your husband” begins in medias res‚ which mean you get very little background information. The short story if told over a few weeks‚ it’s told along with Doreen weight loss. The story is also told in a chronology aspect. And the story itself ends with an open ending‚ which is typical for Raymond Carver’s type of writing. Raymond Carver is known by his minimalistic writing
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My Father’s Life - Raymond Carver Summary In “My Father’s Life‚” Raymond Carver highlights his profound encounters with his father which affected his life in a huge way. Throughout‚ the author has stated those various moments in his life in depth where he could relate to his father and feel the closest to him. The father’s relation with his mother was very strained and complicated. It seemed like Raymond was the only one who could relate to his father to closely and his love for him was unparalleled
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The short story A Small‚ Good Thing by Raymond Carver tells of two American parents dealing with their son’s hospitalisation and death as the result of a hit-and-run car accident. The insensitive actions of their local baker add to their anger and confusion‚ yet by the end of the story‚ leave them with a sense of optimism and strength. With such content‚ Carver runs the risk of coming across as sentimental; however‚ this is not the case‚ and the anguish of the parents and their shock at the situation
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Campbell‚ Ewing. "Breakthrough: ’What We Talk About When We Talk About Love‚ ’." Raymond Carver: A Study of the Short Fiction. (1992): 45-47. Rpt. in Short Stories for Students‚ Vol. 12. Literature Resource Center. Web. 19 Mar. 2012. Ewing Campbell discusses his thoughts on what can be taken from a story where “nothing happens”‚ something he says readers have often complained about with Raymond Carver’s “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love.” Campbell does a good job of summarizing
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Tug-of-War "Popular Mechanics‚" by Raymond Carver‚ was written in order to make the audience imagine their own details. The descriptions in this story are very blunt‚ the man and woman in the story are nameless with no clue of physical description‚ and there is no mention of what city‚ state‚ or country the story takes place. This allows the reader to picture the surroundings and details of the story in their own way; maybe the reader has heard of or been in similar situations and they can put
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