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Tables of Contents for Narrative Fiction
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
Introduction to Narrative Fiction
1
25
Analyzing Individual Narratives
3
16
The Elements of Narrative
4
1
Language
4
1
Theme
5
2
Plot
7
3
Characterization
10
2
Setting
12
3
Point of View
15
4
Analyzing the Genres of Narrative Fiction
19
7
Conventions of Genres
20
2
Cultural Context of Genres
22
2
Individual Works and Genres
24
2
Myth
26
47
Introduction
26
3
Myths of Creation
29
16
Ancient Palestine Yahweh Creates the World in Six Days (Genesis 1:1-2:4)
30
2
Yahweh Creates Adam and Eve (Genesis 2:5-25)
32
1
Ancient Greece The Creation of the Gods (Hesiod, Theogony)
33
3
Ancient Rome The Universe Is Created from Atoms (Lucretius, On the Nature of the Universe)
36
3
Ancient India Creation Out of the Void (The Rig-Veda)
39
2
Africa Bumba Creates the World (Bushongo)
41
1
North America Earth-Initiate Creates the World (Maidu)
42
3
Myths of the Fall
45
11
Ancient Palestine Adam and Eve Are Expelled from Eden (Genesis 3:1-24)
46
2
The First Murder (Genesis 4:1-16)
48
1
Ancient Greece Prometheus Tricks Zeus (Hesiod, Theogony)
49
1
Prometheus Steals Fire (Hesiod, Works and Days)
50
2
Africa The Origin of Death (Amazulu)
52
1
North America Coyote Brings Death to Humankind (Maidu)
53
3
Myths of Resurrection
56
15
Mesopotamia The Flood (from the Epic of Gilgamesh)
56
4
Africa Obatala's Farm at Abeokuta (Yoruba)
60
2
Tibet Life after Death (The Tibetan Book of the Dead)
62
4
Ancient Palestine The New Jerusalem (Revelation 21-22:5)
66
3
North America The Ghost Dance at Wounded Knee (Brule Sioux)
69
2
For Further Reading
71
2
The Epic
73
92
Introduction
73
2
Beowulf
75
85
Genealogical Tables and Summaries of Events
160
4
For Further Reading
164
1
The Tale
165
70
Introduction
165
2
Fable
167
14
Aesop The Wolf and the Lamb
168
1
Aesop The Dog and the Wolf
169
1
The Blue Jackal (The Panchatantra)
169
1
The Blind Men and the Elephant
170
2
The Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37)
172
1
The Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-32)
173
1
Tortoise and Dove (Basotho)
174
2
The Dogs Hold an Election (Brule Sioux)
176
1
Before the Law
177
2
Franz Kafka
The Moth and the Star
179
1
James Thurber
The Rabbits Who Caused All the Trouble
180
1
James Thurber
Fairy Tales
181
19
Little Thumb
182
6
Charles Perrault
Katie Woodencloak
188
9
Ngomba's Balloon (Bakongo)
197
3
Trickster Tales
200
5
Anansi Plays Dead (Ashanti)
200
2
Old Boss and John at the Praying Tree
202
2
How Coyote Got His cunning (Karock)
204
1
Literary Tales
205
28
The Thousand and One Nights
206
10
The Nun's Priest's Tale (The Canterbury Tales)
216
17
Geoffrey Chaucer
For Further Reading
233
2
The Romance
235
69
Introduction
235
4
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
239
63
For Further Reading
302
2
Narrative Poetry
304
65
Introduction
304
4
The Demon Lover and Edward, Edward
308
59
The Demon Lover
309
3
Edward
312
2
Edward
Lochinvar
314
2
Sir Walter Scott
Strange Fits of Passion Have I Known
316
2
William Wordsworth
The Eve of St. Agnes
318
13
John Keats
The Lady of Shalott
331
6
Alfred
Lord Tennyson
Porphyria's Lover
337
2
Robert Browning
Goblin Market
339
15
Christina Rossetti
Home Burial
354
4
Robert Frost
Sermon
358
3
Zora Neale Hurston
Early Losses: A Requiem
361
6
Alice Walker
For Further Reading
367
2
The Short Story
369
177
Introduction
369
175
Rip Van Winkle
372
13
Washington Irving
Young Goodman Brown
385
9
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Cask of Amontillado
394
7
Edgar Allan Poe
A White Heron
401
7
Sarah Orne Jewett
The Lady with the Pet Dog
408
13
Anton Chekhov
A Country Doctor
421
5
Franz Kafka
Araby
426
5
James Joyce
The Rocking-Horse Winner
431
11
D. H. Lawrence
A Rose for Emily
442
8
William Faulkner
Sweat
450
9
Zora Neale Hurston
The Man Who Was Almost a Man
459
10
Richard Wright
The Grave
469
5
Katherine Anne Porter
The Demon Lover
474
5
Elizabeth Bowen
The Lottery
479
7
Shirley Jackson
The Magic Barrel
486
13
Bernard Malamud
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?
499
13
Joyce Carol Oates
The Lesson
512
6
Toni Cade Bambara
A Visit from the Footbinder
518
19
Emily Prager
Greasy Lake
537
7
T. Coraghessan Boyle
For Further Reading
544
2
The Novel
546
97
Introduction
546
94
O Pioneers!
549
91
Willa Cather
For Further Reading
640
3
Glossary of Terms
643
8
Index
651