The Short Story in The United States

- what contributes to theme(s) and structure; - what hints at (or gets illuminated by) the context of the author’s work and time;   -subject of the enunciation;  - point of view and effect upon the reader/addressee / alignment and allegiance of narrators, characters, and readers;  - descriptive or lyric or argumentative, etc. manner,  - language tropes / devices * figures of speech (metaphor and metonymy) * symbols / lexical relations pointing to semantic clusters * innovation / surprising markers, or pattern traces within the author’s work * collocations * deictics - allusion

The Token and Atlantic Souvenir , first publication of "The Minister's Black Veil" (1836) Twice-Told Tales  (N. Hawthorne), 1837 First publication of "The Gold-Bug"by E. A. Poe, 1843  Goodey's Lady' Book, where "The Cask of Amontillado" by Poe first appeared Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, 1817

Please answer either of the questions or both in the comments box, by Sep 3 1. The short story in E. A. Poe's time was such a nascent genre that it as still called a tale! However, a research through the forms and modes of the short story today will show you that it is a widespread, overflowing, concept. Do a quick search on your library's catalogue by typing words related with short story collections / anthologies, and see what comes up. Do all the groupings of short stories relate to Poe's tentative definition of the genre in "Review of Twice-Told Tales"? Or George Saunder's, "Rise, Baby, Rise", for that matter? 2. Hawthorne's "The Minister's Black Veil" - Refer to Poe's appraisal of the tale in "Review of Twice-Told Tales" and comment on what you think of Poe's insight in this case, adding evidence from the text to substantiate your opinion.

The Short Story in the US - Fall 2017 We will read and discuss many a story.