1. Short Stories

2. What are they?  Between 2,000- 5,000 words  Usually revolving around a singular event

3. Qualities  Fixed time/space  Few Characters  Singular, ascending actions to revelation  Conflict is the motivation/mover in the story  Discord between characters/situation/fate etc.  Characters do not always reach enlightenment  Reader is left enlightened  Often removed from reality  Grimm’s fairy tales, Once upon a time

4. History  First short stories were Orally Told  Memorized, morality tales  Canterbury Tales, Arabian Nights, The Bible  Genre became more widely known through EAP’s review of N. Hawthorne’s book  1842 established as a literary genre  Poe considered the father of the American short story movement

5. Setting  Place  Time  Mood/Atmosphere  Weather conditions  Social Conditions  In short stories the setting is not always important; reader may never know the physical location of the story  May get the details but never the actual setting.

6. Plot  Usually only ONE PLOT  Short stories have the plot planned out very strategically  Can be the traditional elements to a story  Intro  Rising Action  Climax  Falling action  Denouement- Final outcome of events

7. Conflict  2 Types  External  Internal  4 Kinds  Man vs Man (Physical)  Man vs Circumstances (Classical/Fate)  Man vs Society (Social)  Man vs. Himself/Herself (Psycological)

8. Character  Protagonist vs. Antagonist  Round  Dynamic  Static

9. Point of View  Omniscient  Omniscient Limited  Omniscient Objective  Stream of Consciousness  First/Second/Third Person  Innocent Eye