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    Stolpestad is a short story written by William Lychack in 2008. The short story takes place in a little town named Stolpestad. In this story we meet a man who works as a police officer1‚ one day he is called to a house where he is told that they have some problems with a dog. He goes there‚ and finds that the dog is sick‚ the mother asks him to shoot the dog‚ which he does after asking if they shouldn’t take it to the vet. While being at a bar after work his wife calls him telling him that there

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    A Mark Slouka Crossing When we hear the title "Crossing" it will give us a feeling of someone who is still crossing something. This is due to the ing-form because this form will always give us a feeling of an uncompleted or unfinished action. The short story "Crossing" is by Mark Slouka who is an American novelist and critic. A relationship between a father and a son is the starting point of the story but it has many other angles too. We live in a post-modern society which means we

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    Encyclopedia of Gothic Literature Encyclopedia of Gothic Literature MARY ELLEN SNODGRASS Encyclopedia of Gothic Literature Copyright © 2005 by Mary Ellen Snodgrass All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means‚ electronic or mechanical‚ including photocopying‚ recording‚ or by any information storage or retrieval systems‚ without permission in writing from the publisher. For information contact: Facts On File‚ Inc. 132 West

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    The Seven Key Elements of Fiction: 1.  CHARACTER There are two meanings for the word character:  1) The person in a work of fiction.  2) The characteristics of a person. Persons in a work of fiction - Antagonist and Protagonist o        One character is clearly central to a story with all major events having some connection to this character; o        She/he is the PROTAGONIST.  o        The character in opposition to the main character is called the ANTAGONIST. The Characteristics of a

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    Fiction films are often stigmatised by historians‚ as they distort the truth‚ causing problems when trying to use them as a source. Their wildly varying content matter‚ inaccuracies‚ and bias make them hard to use. Film does not simply suggest a worldview; it states‚ and we experience‚ its existence as truth‚ which is the fundamental power and danger it poses to the observer. One cannot deny‚ however‚ film’s phenomenal impact in the twentieth century‚ drastically changing the way we see the world

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    screens in city centers‚ or commercials are broadcasted on slim screens in public such as subway or stores. Large sizes companies such as Google or Tesla has invested self-drive car and now self-drive cars are available on the market. If there were not fiction books or movies‚ the engineers in Google or Tesla may not have been inspired enough to create such as useful devices. Another example would be the movie called Terminator. In this movie robots that have artificial intelligence take control of ruling

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    Prose Fiction in the English Classroom In this module we will be looking closely at how to approach close reading of fiction with our Senior English students. We will: - think about text selection. - think holistically about what a fiction unit might cover. - understand some ’generic’ elements of prose fiction as a form and how they might be taught. - learn how to develop 3 level guides as prompts for "close reading". Let’s begin by discussing the novels we might use with a senior English

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    In the article‚ This Week in Fiction: Kamel Daoud‚ the interviewer‚ Deborah Treisman‚ asks the author (Kamel Daoud) a few questions about his novel—The Meursault Investigation. In the opening of this article‚ Treisman asks Daoud if his novel was written to give the exact accounts of what really happened to his brother Musa and Meursault. Daoud explains that he wanted to find his‚ “own path through Camas‚” that he merely wanted to examine Albert Camus’ work a bit more‚ which could help him figure

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    In short fiction‚ as in creative writing generally‚ the point of view or narrative technique has been seen as particularly important in how readers might engage with a story. Why might an author use a particular narrative technique? Select three stories from the Reader that demonstrate a particular narrative technique‚ or that demonstrate several different narrative techniques‚ and discuss and compare the effect of this in these stories. Narrative technique and point of view play an important part

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    Emily‚" written by William Faulkner‚ is a short fiction about the life and death of Miss Emily Grierson under the background of Southern United States’s decay in 19th century. “ Miss Brill” is Katherine Mansfield’ short story about a woman’s Sunday outing to the park‚ revealing her thought about others as she watches a crowd from a park bench. Seemingly very different in the imagery and language‚ portray of the main characters and plot‚ the two fictions all show out two elderly women who live lonely

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