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Writing (on) Short Stories:
A Tribute to Paulette Michel-Michot

Edited by Christine Pagnoulle

153 p.
1996
ISBN 2-87833-017-8
€ 12.50

A collection in two parts combining two languages and two kinds of writing: seven unpublished stories (by John Field, Nathalie Schraepen, Claire Larrière, Christine Pagnoulle, Andrew Norris, Rose-Marie François and Dominique Hecq) and seven essays on short stories, including considerations on the boundaries of the genre (Michel Delville), a close analysis of a story by Faulkner (Valérie Bada) and of one by Alice Munro (Simone Vauthier), a reader-oriented approach to one of the stories in the first part (John Field), a biographical approach to Soyinka’s early stories (James Gibbs), a cultural reading of Tjalie Robinson’s Indo stories (Christine Levecq), and concluding remarks which take us back to the classroom situation, on how stories can be used in secondary schools to develop critical awareness (Paul Caillet). 

Contents

  • John FIELD: Chance Encounter
  • Nathalie SCHRAEPEN: The Train
  • Claire LARRIÈRE: Le transfert
  • Christine PAGNOULLE: The Key
  • Andrew NORRIS: The Sham
  • Rose-Marie FRANÇOIS: Sur la grève
  • Dominique HECQ: Embabelled / Embabelée
  • Michel DELVILLE: On the Edge of Genre
  • Valérie BADA: Narrative Device in Faulkner’s “A Justice”
  • Simone VAUTHIER: Visiting Alice Munro’s “Pictures of the Ice”
  • John FIELD: The Reader-Writer Relationship in “Chance Encounter”
  • James GIBBS: Wole Soyinka’s “Special Line”
  • Christine LEVECQ: Tjies and Tjoek: Tjalie Robinson’s Indo Stories
  • Paul CAILLET: Short Stories in Class: Towards Critical Thinking
  • Contributors

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