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Masterpieces of Short Fiction

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List of episodes of the series ‘Masterpieces of Short Fiction’


Episodes count: 5

S1.E1 ∙ Excavations - Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado"

Jan 1, 2008

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What is a short story? How do we judge the strengths and weakness of short fiction? Using Edgar Allen Poe's masterpiece of suspense and psychological horror, you enter the world of the short story and examine the techniques used by writers in this powerful genre.


S1.E2 ∙ Hawthorne's "Goodman Brown" and Lost Faith

Jan 8, 2008

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Colonial puritanism serves as the backdrop for Nathaniel Hawthorne's tale of a young man who glimpses the evil in the human heart. You explore how Hawthorne weaves together the strands of Calvinism, paganism, and Indian lore in this surreal allegory.


S1.E3 ∙ Under Gogol's "Overcoat"

Jan 15, 2008

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The next stop is tsarist Russia, where you encounter one of the most influential pieces of 19th-century short fiction. In this darkly satiric yet sympathetic story, Gogol' creates the ultimate "low man," Akaky, the predecessor of a generation of literary underdogs.


S1.E4 ∙ Maupassant's "The Necklace" - Real and Paste

Jan 22, 2008

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This lecture continues to focus on "little people" with Maupassant's classic tale of bourgeois longing and ironic reversals. In considering the story's famous surprise ending, you examine what the author had to say about morality, materialism, and the unpredictability of fate.


S1.E5 ∙ Chekhov, Love, and "The Lady with the Dog"

Jan 29, 2008

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According to novelist Vladimir Nabokov, "All the traditional rules of storytelling have been broken in this wonderful story." In this lecture, Professor Krasny delineates how Chekhov's unorthodox but deft treatment of character, plot, and setting result in a masterpiece of short fiction.

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