Enveloped in Epistolary Illusion. The Aesthetics of Reading and Writing Letters in Selected Short Stories by Alice Munro

2018 ◽  
pp. 73-90
Keyword(s):  
Short Stories ◽  
Alice Munro ◽  
Reading And Writing

scholarly journals Students' Response Toward Facebook as a Media in Learning Bahasa Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-27
Author(s):  
Lira Hayu Afdetis Mana
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Short Stories ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Narrative Texts ◽  
School Students ◽  
Reading And Writing ◽  
Observation Report ◽  
Interesting Learning ◽  
Bahasa Indonesia

A tedious situasion of learning Bahasa Indonesia in this pandemic era makes Facebook become a choice to have a varied and interesting learning process. Therefore, it is necessary to conduct a research on the students` responses toward Facebook as a medium of learning. This is a descriptive qualitative research. The instrument used in this research was students` response questionnaires to Facebook as a learning medium which was distributed to 145 high school students in West Sumatera by using the google form. The link was distributed through the Whatsapp Group. The results of this study shows that students : [1] are familiar with, have downloaded and used Facebook; [2] saw Facebook as a positive, profitable and entertaining application; [3] (minority) saw Facebook as a negative, harmful, and unsatisfactory application; [4] like Facebook because they can get information; [5] mostly agree that the Facebook application is used as a medium for learning Bahasa Indonesia (listening, speaking, reading, and writing); [6] (minority) do not like to use Facebook due to many naughty and fraudulent accounts appear; [7] (mostly) have received information on procedural texts, short stories or narrative texts, explanatory texts, observation report texts, exposition texts, anecdotal texts, poetry texts and negotiation texts. Then, [8] a small proportion of students have never seen debates, saga, novels, dramas, lectures. Hence, it can be concluded that Facebook can be used as a learning medium to make the students motivated and enjoyed the learning process.

“The emotional housekeeping of the world”: Affect in Alice Munro’s and A. L. Kennedy’s post-millennial short stories

2018 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 309-325
Author(s):  
Pilar Somacarrera
Keyword(s):  
Short Stories ◽  
Affect Theory ◽  
Postcolonial Literature ◽  
Alice Munro ◽  
Scottish Literature ◽  
New Humanism ◽  
The World

In his introduction to Scottish Literature and Postcolonial Literature, Michael Gardiner argues for bringing together these two separate bodies of texts which are intimately joined. Within the context of the “‘postcolonial’ spaces of Scotland and Canada” (Gittings, 1995: 135), in this article I offer a comparative reading from the standpoint of Sara Ahmed’s affect theory of the post-millennial short stories of A. L. Kennedy and Alice Munro, based on their shared belief in a transatlantic new humanism which privileges emotions.

scholarly journals Family Bond and Traumatic Pathology in Alice Munro’s “The Bear Came Over the Mountain”

2013 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 103-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Shahidul Islam Chowdhury
Keyword(s):  
Short Stories ◽  
Family Relationship ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Human Relationship ◽  
Alice Munro ◽  
Mental Depression ◽  
Different Types

Alice Munro (1931—), Canadian author and winner of the Man Booker International Prize in 2009, has written a number of short stories. “The Bear Came Over the Mountain” is a story of love, romantic affairs, family relationship, enigma of romance and psychological disorientation. The story reveals family bond through mental depression and physical inability, which, to a large extent, are traumatic. Munro’s presentation of human relationship and family bond gets a new dimension from psychopathological point of view. The story reveals a bizarre relationship between two unacquainted families, members of which suffer from two different types of trauma: psychic hysteria and physical immobility. Munro shows the effect of such frenzy on individuals as well as on societal connection. This paper attempts to illustrate, from psychoanalytic point of view, the nature of traumatic pathology and its testimony in the lives of individuals and how its outcome can be a major device in understanding human relationship. Stamford Journal of English; Volume 6; Page 103-113 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/sje.v6i0.13906

scholarly journals THE IMPORTANCE OF ARTICSIC DETAIL AS A FACTOR OF PROSE POETICALNESS IN THE SGORT STORIES OF THE CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN AND CANADIAN WRITERS

2021 ◽  
pp. 20-24
Author(s):  
O. YEMETS ◽  
A. ZAKHARCHUK
Keyword(s):  
Short Stories ◽  
Literary Text ◽  
Special Importance ◽  
Flash Fiction ◽  
Alice Munro ◽  
Emotional Effect ◽  
Poetic Function ◽  
Final Text

The article considers the role and functions of artistic detail in the contemporary short stories. The investigation involved the flash fiction stories by the American writers written after the year 2020 and several short stories by the outstanding Canadian writer Alice Munro. The aim of the research is determining the major devices of prose poeticalness in these texts and revealing the role of artistic detail in creating poeticalness.Prose poeticalness is defined as such property of a prose text which involves the priority of poetic function and envisages the introduction of poetical features into prose – stylistic convergence, phonetical repetitions, parallelism, rhythm. Stylistic convergence can be considered the most foregrounded device of poeticalness as it involves the accumulation of different stylistic devices which add expressiveness to each other (M.Riffaterre). Our investigation shows that convergences function in strong positions of texts- the initial or final text fragments. Artistic detail is the object or some feature of the object which acquires special importance in the literary text (V.A.Kukharenko). Artistic detail is usually associated with metonymy or synecdoche, but unlike these tropes, it embraces the whole text. In the flash fiction stories and the short stories by A.Munro the major artistic details are objects like a coin (L.Wilson), a brooch (A.Munro), a glove (D.Shea) or a feature of appearance like a bruise (S.Dybek). These details characterize people’s behavior, their dreams and aspirations. Therefore, they symbolize love, friendship, sympathy and give polysemantic character to the narration. Another result of our investigation is determining the metaphoric detail (G.Paley) in the description of the woman, the mother of the defendant. Thus, the emotional effect of the artistic detail is realized in the metaphoric similes comparing the woman to the faded flower. These artistic details in combination with stylistic convergence create the impression of the texts as modern parables. The theoretical novelty of our research lies in the analysis of artistic details from the viewpoint of poeticalnees as well as in revealing the significance of emotional effect for prose poeticalness.The prospects of further research lie in the investigation of poeticalness in other genres of modern prose.

scholarly journals CREATING NARRATIVES AND REVISION CIRCLE: LITERACY DIMENSION LEARNING STRATEGIES USING DIDACTIC VALUES OF M.KASIM’S FUNNY SHORT STORIES

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 283-293
Author(s):  
Halimah Halimah ◽  
Sumiyadi Sumiyadi ◽  
Vismaia Damaianti
Keyword(s):  
Short Stories ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Literary Work ◽  
Literacy Learning ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Learning Materials ◽  
Reading And Writing ◽  
National Education ◽  
Descriptive Method

Creating narratives and revision circle are the collaboration of two learning strategies of literacy dimensions. In literacy learning, students can develop a narration as a skill in literacy, particularly basic literacy in form of reading and writing. The present research aims at describing 2 strategies of literacy dimension learning through the analysis of didactic values from funny short stories written by M. Kasim. The funny short stories provided a variety of specific didactic values. As one of the literature learning materials, the didactic values were in line with the national education goals. The present research employed qualitative approach with a descriptive method. Specifically, the data were analyzed by the application of literary work didactic study framework. The funny short stories to analyze entitled: 1) “Pendikar bukan Pendekar; 2) “Podato yang Gagal”; 3) “Ada Seorang Raja…”, and  4) “Kue yang Nakal”.  The result denoted the funny short stories contained various didactic values which could be regarded as learning materials in literacy development. The didactic values consisted of well-mannered behavior, dignified personality, independence, creativity, being democratic, responsibility, self-control, intelligence, and skill. Those values are considered excellent to implement by the collaboration of creating narratives and revision circle.

scholarly journals TRAINING SHORT STORY WRITING FOR MASS MEDIA IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL OF BUDI AGUNG

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-18
Author(s):  
Faudunasokhi Telaumbanua ◽  
Salam Irianto Nadeak
Keyword(s):  
Short Stories ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Character Education ◽  
Community Service ◽  
Short Story ◽  
Reading And Writing ◽  
Entrepreneurial Spirit ◽  
Story Writing ◽  
Primary Medium ◽  
Education Process

Literacy cannot be separated from the world of education. Literacy refers to the ability to solve problems and achieve life goals by using text as the primary medium, orally, and in writing. Literacy activities are part of the character education process through reading and writing skills. This means that character education can be obtained through reading and writing, for example, short stories. By reading and writing short stories, it is hoped that Indonesian students will be nurtured to become religious, integrity, nationalist, independent, and have cooperation. Besides, short stories that have been written can be sent to the mass media and become one of the coffers of income for students. On this basis, this community service proposal is aimed at developing a culture of literacy among students as well as building an entrepreneurial spirit by sending short stories to mass media

scholarly journals Theme of Isolation and Child versus Adult Feelings: Stylistic Analysis of Alice Munro’s Short Story “The Eye”

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 485-494
Author(s):  
Fozia Chandio ◽  
Zia Ahmed ◽  
Akbar Sajid
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Short Stories ◽  
Short Story ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Stylistic Analysis ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Alice Munro ◽  
Literary Aesthetics ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Made In

Analysis of the stylistics features of any author has been very interesting technique to explore themes depicted by him/her. This paper examines a short story of Alice Munro titled ‘The Eye’, from stylistic perspective. ‘The Eye’ is the opening tale of the set of four stories, in a style of memoir that is titled as ‘Finale’. This set of four stories appears in her collection of short stories titled “Dear Life” (2012. ) The paper presents the stylistics analysis of the story keeping the stylistic approach in focus suggested by Leech and Short in Style in Style in Fiction (2007). The story is analyzed stylistically in terms of character and characterization, point of view and speech, thought and writing presentation. Stylistic study of any text effectively provides comprehension of the base of the text particularly and its evaluation generally (Peer 2008). In order to carry this out, the method of textual analysis of Qualitative research approach is conducted. The end of the analysis is to have a turnout of a deeper comprehension of the relationship between style and literary aesthetics in ‘The Eye’ by studying the stylistic patterns behind Munro’s narrative, in order to find out her creative approach. Paul Simpson maintains, “Stylistics serves to inquire into the language of the text and on a broader level to investigate creativity in the use of language (2004:3). The endeavor made in the paper explores that Munro has an ambivalent and complicated technique of presentation, both structurally and thematically. Here, the argument is that the stylistic analysis of the story reveals that Munro has high artistic approach towards the short story; she narrates the fiction with such an ambiguous approach that it welcomes more than one interpretations of the story.

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