Backpack literature: an introduction to fiction, poetry, drama, and writing (2024)

“Fiction. Talking with Amy Tan --
Reading a story --
The art of fiction --
Types of short fiction --
Death has an appointment in Samarra / Sufi Legend --
The north wind and the sun / Aesop --
The tortoise and the geese / Bidpai --
Independence / Chuang Tzu --
Godfather death / Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm --
Plot --
The short story --
A & P / John Updike --
Writing effectively --
Point of view --
Identifying point of view --
Types of narrators --
How much does a narrator know? --
Stream of consciousness --
[A Rose for Emily](https://openlibrary. org/works/OL82884W) / William Faulkner --
[Tell-tale Heart](https://openlibrary. org/works/OL41059W) / Edgar Allan Poe --
Why I live at the P. O. / Eudora Welty --
Girl / Jamaica Kincaid --
Writing effectively --
Character --
Characterization --
Motivation --
The jilting of Granny Weatherall / Katherine Anne Porter --
Bullet in the brain / Tobias Wolff --
Everyday use / Alice Walker --
Cathedral / Raymond Carver --
Writing effectively --
Setting --
Elements of setting --
Historical fiction --
Regionalism --
Naturalism --
The storm / Kate Chopin --
To build a fire / Jack London --
The gospel according to Mark / Jorge Luis Borges --
A pair of tickets / Amy Tan --
Writing effectively --
Tone and Style --
Tone --
Style --
Diction --
A clean, well-lighted place / Ernest Hemingway --
[Barn burning](https://openlibrary. org/works/OL20080279W) / William Faulkner --
Irony --
The necklace / Guy de Maupassant --
[The story of an hour](https://openlibrary. org/works/OL20078864W) / Kate Chopin --
Writing effectively --
Theme --
Plot versus theme --
Summarizing the theme --
Finding the theme --
Dead men's path / Chinua Achebe --
The house on Mango Street / Sandra Cisneros --
The parable of the prodigal son / Luke --
Harrison Bergeron / Kurt Vonnegut Jr. --
Writing effectively --
Symbol --
Allegory --
Symbols --
Recognizing symbols --
The chrysanthemums / John Steinbeck --
The yellow wallpaper / Charlotte Perkins Gilman --
The ones who walk away from Omelas / Ursula K. Le Guin --
The lottery / Shirley Jackson --
Writing effectively --
Stories for further reading --
This is what it means to say Phoenix, Arizona / Sherman Alexie --
Happy endings / Margaret Atwood --
[Young Goodman Brown](https://openlibrary. org/works/OL455569W) / Nathaniel Hawthorne --
The gift of the magi / O. Henry --
Sweat / Zora Neale Hurston --
Saboteur / Ha Jin --
[Araby](https://openlibrary. org/works/OL20570121W) / James Joyce --
Before the law / Franz Kafka --
Miss Brill / Katherine Mansfield --
Where are you going, where have you been? / Joyce Carol Oates --
The things they carried / Tim O'Brien --
A good man is hard to find / Flannery O'Connor --
Tell them not to kill me! / Juan Rulfo --
A haunted house / Virginia Woolf --
Poetry. Talking with Kay Ryan --
Reading a poem --
Poetry or verse --
How to read a poem --
Paraphrase --
The Lake Isle of Innisfree / William Butler Yeats --
Lyric poetry --
Those winter Sundays / Robert Hayden --
Aunt Jennifer's tigers / Adrienne Rich --
Narrative poetry --
Sir Patrick Spence / Anonymous --
"Out, out --" / Robert Frost --
Dramatic poetry --
My last duch*ess / Robert Browning --
Didactic poetry --
Writing effectively --
Ask me / William Stafford --
Listening to a voice --
Tone --
My papa's waltz / Theodore Roethke --
The wayfarer / Stephen Crane --
The author to her book / Anne Bradstreet --
To a locomotive in winter / Walt Whitman --
I like to see it lap the miles / Emily Dickinson --
For my daughter / Weldon Kees --
The speaker in the poem --
White lies / Natasha Trethewey --
Luke Havergal / Edwin Arlington Robinson --
Dog haiku / Anonymous --
Theme for English B / Langston Hughes --
The farmer's bride / Charlotte Mew --
The red wheelbarrow / William Carlos Williams --
Irony --
Oh no / Robert Creeley --
The unknown citizen / W. H. Auden --
Rite of passage / Sharon Olds --
Second fig / Edna St. Vincent Millay --
The workbox / Thomas Hardy --
For review and further study --
Deliberate / Amy Uyematsu --
To Lucasta / Richard Lovelace --
Dulce et decorum est / Wilfred Owen --
Writing effectively --
Words --
Literal meaning : what a poem says first --
This is just to say / William Carlos Williams --
Diction --
Cargoes / John Masefield --
Batter my heart, three-personed God, for you / John Donne --
The value of a dictionary --
Aftermath / Henry Wadsworth Longfellow --
That will to divest / Kay Ryan --
Friend, on this scaffold Thomas More lies dead / J. V. Cunningham --
Bread / Samuel Menashe --
Grass / Carl Sandburg --
Word choice and word order --
Upon Julia's clothes / Robert Herrick --
The ruined maid / Thomas Hardy --
Lonely hearts / Wendy Cope --
For review and further study --
anyone lived in a pretty how town / e. e. cummings --
Carnation milk / Anonymous --
English con salsa / Gina Valdés --
My heart leaps up

xxxviii, 1189 pages : 22 cm

Introduces college students to the appreciation and experience of literature in its major forms and seeks to develop students' abilities to think critically and to communicate effectively through writing

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Fiction. Talking with Amy Tan -- Reading a story -- The art of fiction -- Types of short fiction -- Death has an appointment in Samarra / Sufi Legend -- The north wind and the sun / Aesop -- The tortoise and the geese / Bidpai -- Independence / Chuang Tzu -- Godfather death / Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm -- Plot -- The short story -- A & P / John Updike -- Writing effectively -- Point of view -- Identifying point of view -- Types of narrators -- How much does a narrator know? -- Stream of consciousness -- A Rose for Emily / William Faulkner -- The tell-tale heart / Edgar Allan Poe -- Why I live at the P. O. / Eudora Welty -- Girl / Jamaica Kincaid -- Writing effectively -- Character -- Characterization -- Motivation -- The jilting of Granny Weatherall / Katherine Anne Porter -- Bullet in the brain / Tobias Wolff -- Everyday use / Alice Walker -- Cathedral / Raymond Carver -- Writing effectively -- Setting -- Elements of setting -- Historical fiction -- Regionalism -- Naturalism -- The storm / Kate Chopin -- To build a fire / Jack London -- The gospel according to Mark / Jorge Luis Borges -- A pair of tickets / Amy Tan -- Writing effectively -- Tone and Style -- Tone -- Style -- Diction -- A clean, well-lighted place / Ernest Hemingway -- Barn burning / William Faulkner -- Irony -- The necklace / Guy de Maupassant -- The story of an hour / Kate Chopin -- Writing effectively -- Theme -- Plot versus theme -- Summarizing the theme -- Finding the theme -- Dead men's path / Chinua Achebe -- The house on Mango Street / Sandra Cisneros -- The parable of the prodigal son / Luke -- Harrison Bergeron / Kurt Vonnegut Jr. -- Writing effectively -- Symbol -- Allegory -- Symbols -- Recognizing symbols -- The chrysanthemums / John Steinbeck -- The yellow wallpaper / Charlotte Perkins Gilman -- The ones who walk away from Omelas / Ursula K. Le Guin -- The lottery / Shirley Jackson -- Writing effectively -- Stories for further reading -- This is what it means to say Phoenix, Arizona / Sherman Alexie -- Happy endings / Margaret Atwood -- Young Goodman Brown / Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The gift of the magi / O. Henry -- Sweat / Zora Neale Hurston -- Saboteur / Ha Jin -- Araby / James Joyce -- Before the law / Franz Kafka -- Miss Brill / Katherine Mansfield -- Where are you going, where have you been? / Joyce Carol Oates -- The things they carried / Tim O'Brien -- A good man is hard to find / Flannery O'Connor -- Tell them not to kill me! / Juan Rulfo -- A haunted house / Virginia Woolf --

Poetry. Talking with Kay Ryan -- Reading a poem -- Poetry or verse -- How to read a poem -- Paraphrase -- The Lake Isle of Innisfree / William Butler Yeats -- Lyric poetry -- Those winter Sundays / Robert Hayden -- Aunt Jennifer's tigers / Adrienne Rich -- Narrative poetry -- Sir Patrick Spence / Anonymous -- "Out, out --" / Robert Frost -- Dramatic poetry -- My last duch*ess / Robert Browning -- Didactic poetry -- Writing effectively -- Ask me / William Stafford -- Listening to a voice -- Tone -- My papa's waltz / Theodore Roethke -- The wayfarer / Stephen Crane -- The author to her book / Anne Bradstreet -- To a locomotive in winter / Walt Whitman -- I like to see it lap the miles / Emily Dickinson -- For my daughter / Weldon Kees -- The speaker in the poem -- White lies / Natasha Trethewey -- Luke Havergal / Edwin Arlington Robinson -- Dog haiku / Anonymous -- Theme for English B / Langston Hughes -- The farmer's bride / Charlotte Mew -- The red wheelbarrow / William Carlos Williams -- Irony -- Oh no / Robert Creeley -- The unknown citizen / W. H. Auden -- Rite of passage / Sharon Olds -- Second fig / Edna St. Vincent Millay -- The workbox / Thomas Hardy -- For review and further study -- Deliberate / Amy Uyematsu -- To Lucasta / Richard Lovelace -- Dulce et decorum est / Wilfred Owen -- Writing effectively -- Words -- Literal meaning : what a poem says first -- This is just to say / William Carlos Williams -- Diction -- Cargoes / John Masefield -- Batter my heart, three-personed God, for you / John Donne -- The value of a dictionary -- Aftermath / Henry Wadsworth Longfellow -- That will to divest / Kay Ryan -- Friend, on this scaffold Thomas More lies dead / J. V. Cunningham -- Bread / Samuel Menashe -- Grass / Carl Sandburg -- Word choice and word order -- Upon Julia's clothes / Robert Herrick -- The ruined maid / Thomas Hardy -- Lonely hearts / Wendy Cope -- For review and further study -- anyone lived in a pretty how town / e. e. cummings -- Carnation milk / Anonymous -- English con salsa / Gina Valdés -- My heart leaps up when I behold / William Wordsworth -- Mutability / William Wordsworth -- Jabberwocky / Lewis Carroll -- Writing effectively --”