Subject Short Fictional Narratives

Course Title: Short Fictional Narratives

Course Code: ENG-405

Credit Hours: 3 (3-0)

Course Outline

I. Introduction to Short Fictional Narratives

• Definition and Elements of Short Stories
• Narrative Techniques in Short Fiction
• Themes and Symbolism in Short Stories
• Historical Development of Short Fiction

II. Selected Short Stories and Their Analysis

🔹 Themes: Love, Betrayal, Revenge, Fate, Morality, and Social Critique

A. Classic Short Stories

1. The Nightingale and the Rose – Oscar Wilde
2. The Three Strangers – Thomas Hardy
3. The Cask of Amontillado – Edgar Allan Poe
4. The Darling – Anton Chekhov
5. Hearts and Hands – O. Henry
6. The Necklace – Guy De Maupassant
7. The Secret Sharer – Joseph Conrad
8. The Other Side of the Hedge – E. M. Forster
9. Eveline – James Joyce

B. Philosophical and Psychological Short Stories

10. The Three Questions – Leo Tolstoy
11. A Hunger Artist – Franz Kafka
12. A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings – Gabriel Garcia Marquez
13. Two Words – Isabel Allende

C. Modernist and Postmodernist Short Stories

14. A Cup of Tea – Katherine Mansfield
15. Everything That Rises Must Converge – Flannery O’Connor
16. The Story of an Hour – Kate Chopin
17. The Richer, The Poorer – Dorothy West
18. The Prisoner Who Wore Glasses – Bessie Head

D. Contemporary and Regional Short Stories

19. Lamb to the Slaughter – Roald Dahl
20. Bingo – Tariq Rahman
21. The Kingdom of Cards – Rabindranath Tagore
22. The Martyr – Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
23. A Watcher of the Dead – Nadine Gordimer
24. Revelation – Flannery O’Connor
25. Nawabdin Electrician – Daniyal Mueenuddin

Learning Outcomes

✔️ Analyze the narrative techniques used in short stories
✔️ Understand the role of themes, symbolism, and character development in fiction
✔️ Compare classical and modern short fiction across different literary traditions
✔️ Develop critical reading and analytical skills for interpreting short stories
✔️ Discuss the influence of social and historical contexts on short fiction

Recommended Books

1. Anton Chekhov & Ralph E. Matlaw, Anton Chekhov’s Short Stories: Texts of the Stories, Backgrounds, Criticism, 1979
2. Richard Ellmann, James Joyce. Oxford University Press, 1959
3. Richard Ellmann, Oscar Wilde: A Collection of Critical Essays. Prentice Hall, 1969
4. E. M. Forster, Mary Lago, Linda K. Hughes & Elizabeth M. L. Walls, The BBC Talks of E.M. Forster, 1929-1960: A Selected Edition. University of Missouri Press, 2008
5. Thomas Hardy, Michael Millgate & Florence E. Hardy, The Life and Work of Thomas Hardy. University of Georgia Press, 1985
6. E. H. Long, O. Henry, the Man and His Work. University of Pennsylvania Press, 1949
7. Guy De Maupassant, Clara Bell & Fanny Rousseau-Wallach, The Works of Guy De Maupassant. 1909
8. Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado. University of Virginia Library, 1993
9. Roberta Rubenstein & Charles R. Larson, Worlds of Fiction. Prentice Hall, 2002
10. Julian Symons, The Life and Works of Edgar Allan Poe. 2014
11. Leo Tolstoy & Robert Court, Leo Tolstoy Collected Short Stories. Peterson Pub, 2002
12. Alan Wilde, Art and Order: A Study of E.M. Forster. New York University Press, 1964
13. Kathleen Wilson, Short Stories for Students: Presenting Analysis, Context, and Criticism on Commonly Studied Short Stories. Gale, 1997

Short stories

• A Cup of Tea Characters Analysis
• A Cup of Tea Literary Analysis
• A Cup of Tea Short Story
• A Cup of Tea Short Story
• A cup of tea Summary
• A Cup of Tea Symbolism
• A Cup of Tea Themes
• Biography of Edger Allan Poe
• Biography of the E.M FORSTER
• Characters Analysis of Eveline
• Characters Analysis of The Cask of Amontillado
• Characters The Other Side of the Hedges
• Critical Analysis of The Cask of Amontillado
• Critical Analysis of The Nightingale and the Rose by Oscar Wilde
• Critical Analysis of the Other Side of the Hedges
• Edgar Allan Poe’s works
• Eveline by James Joyce
• Eveline by James Joyce PDF
• Eveline Short Story Summary
• Eveline Summary with Critical Analysis
• Literary Devices in Eveline
• Plot Summary of The Other Side of the Hedges
• Short Questions of The Nightingale and the Rose by Oscar Wilde
• Short Story Elements
• Summary of The Cask of Amontillado
• Symbolism in The Other Side of the Hedges
• Symbols in Eveline
• Symbols in The Cask of Amontillado
• The Cask of Amontillado Edger Allan Poe
• The cask of Amontillado Pdf
• The nightingale and the rose by oscar wilde
• The Other side of the Hedges
• The other side of the hedges PDF
• The Three Strangers by Thomas Hardy
• The Three Strangers by Thomas Hardy Summary & Analysis
• The Three Strangers Summary
• Themes in Eveline
• Themes of The Cask of Amontillado
• Themes Of The Nightingale and the Rose by Oscar Wilde
• Themes of The Other Side of the Hedges
• Themes of Three stranger’s summary and explanation