Short Fiction

Syllabus

Paper-2: Short Fiction

UNIT-I:          Elements of Short-fiction

Plot, Characterization, Narrative Technique and Setting

UNIT-II:        Short Fiction (a)

Anton Chekhov:         “The Lament”

Guy de Maupassant:   “The Umbrella”

W.S. Maugham:          “The Luncheon”

Katherine Mansfield:  “The Fly”

UNIT-III:       Short Fiction (b)

William Faulkner:        “A Rose for Emily”

O’ Henry:                    “The Last Leaf”

Ernest Hemingway:    “The Capital of the World”

UNIT-IV:       Short Fiction (c)

Mulk Raj Anand:        “The Barber’s Trade Union”

R.K. Narayan:             “The Trail of the Green Blazer”

Anita Desai:                “Games at Twilight”