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Off the Shelf: A Digital Anthology of Classic and Contemporary Short Stories

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Off the Shelf: A Digital Anthology of Classic and Contemporary Short Stories

This text is an online collection of short fiction created to serve as an accessible and affordable option for college-level introduction to fiction courses. The fiction included in this anthology represent a diverse selection of authors from the nineteenth century to today, and it also contains support material including an introduction, key concepts, literary terminology and literary theories.

Literature and LiteracyHumanities
Author
Stephen Logan and Heather Thompson-Gillis
Publisher
Columbus State Community College
Source
LibreTexts
License
CC BY-NC-SA
Language
EN
Category
English
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Contents· 84 sections
  1. 01: Introduction
  2. 1.01: Introduction Page
  3. 1.02: Books and Reading in the 21st Century
  4. 1.03: Defining Literature
  5. 1.04: Defining the Short Story
  6. 1.05: The Cultural Relevance of the Short Story
  7. 1.06: How to Use This Anthology
  8. 02: Key Concepts
  9. 2.01: Introduction Page
  10. 2.02: Reading Strategies for Literature
  11. 2.03: Writing about Literature
  12. 2.04: Appreciating Literature You Don't Like
  13. 2.05: Hemingway's Iceberg Theory
  14. 2.06: Chekhov's Gun
  15. 2.07: Literature and Social Justice
  16. 2.08: The Literary Canon
  17. 2.09: Cultural Zeitgeist
  18. 2.10: Liberal Arts Degrees English Classes and Job Skills
  19. 2.11: Reading After Class Is Over
  20. 03: Short Stores to 1924
  21. 3.01: Introduction Page
  22. 3.02: An Introduction to Short Stories to 1924
  23. 3.03: Ambrose Bierce
  24. 3.04: Willa Cather
  25. 3.05: Anton Chekhov
  26. 3.06: Charles Chesnutt
  27. 3.07: Kate Chopin
  28. 3.08: Kate Chopin
  29. 3.09: Alice Dunbar-Nelson
  30. 3.10: Charlotte Perkins Gilman
  31. 3.11: Nathaniel Hawthorne
  32. 3.12: Sarah Orne Jewett
  33. 3.13: Jack London
  34. 3.14: Katharine Mansfield
  35. 3.15: Guy de Maupassant
  36. 3.16: Edgar Allan Poe
  37. 3.17: Mark Twain
  38. 3.18: Edith Wharton
  39. 3.19: Zitkala-Sa
  40. 04: Short Stories 1925 to 2000
  41. 4.01: Introduction Page
  42. 4.02: An Introduction to Short Stories 1925 to 2000
  43. 4.03: Short Stories 1925 to 2000
  44. 05: 21st Century Short Stories
  45. 5.01: Introduction Page
  46. 5.02: An Introduction to 21st Century Short Stories
  47. 5.03: 21st Century Short Stories
  48. 06: Literary Terms
  49. 6.01: Introduction Page
  50. 6.02: Literary Terms
  51. 6.03: The Basics
  52. 6.04: Types of Prose Texts
  53. 6.05: Term for Interpreting Authorial Voice
  54. 6.06: Terms for Interpreting Characters
  55. 6.07: Terms for Interpreting Word Choice Dialogue and Speech
  56. 6.08: Terms for Interpreting Plot
  57. 6.09: Term for Interpreting Layers of Meaning
  58. 07: Literary Theories
  59. 7.01: Introduction Page
  60. 7.02: Introduction to Literary Theory
  61. 7.03: Moral Criticism Dramatic Construction
  62. 7.04: Formalism
  63. 7.05: Psychoanalytic Criticism
  64. 7.06: Marxist Criticism
  65. 7.07: Reader-Response Criticism
  66. 7.08: Structuralism and Semiotics
  67. 7.09: Postmodern Criticism
  68. 7.10: New Historicism Cultural Studies
  69. 7.11: Post-Colonial Criticism (1990s - present)
  70. 7.12: Feminist Criticism (1960s - present)
  71. 7.13: Gender Studies and Queer Theory (1970s - present)
  72. 7.14: Ecocriticism (1960 - Present)
  73. 7.15: Critical Race Theory (1970s - present)
  74. 7.16: Critical Disability Studies (1990s to Present)
  75. 08: Credits and Sources
  76. 8.01: Introduction Page
  77. 8.02: About This Anthology
  78. 8.03: About the Editors
  79. 8.04: Acknowledgements
  80. 8.05: OER License Statement
  81. 8.06: Source Credits
  82. 09: Instructor Resources
  83. 9.01: Introduction Page
  84. 9.02: OER Information Adoption and Planning