Short story
The authors of the modern English short story “no longer attempt to
make daily life more entertaining by inventing exotic plots. Instead, modern
short story writers have tended to base their narratives on their own
experience; here the focus is much more on the less spectacular aspects of
life, on the significance underlying what is apparently trivial. The result of
such perceptive writing is perfection of form, harmony of theme and structure,
and precision of style to reveal the subtleties of the human mind and of human
behaviour.
what is a short story?
A short story is a brief work of literature, usually
written in narrative prose. Emerging from earlier oral storytelling traditions in the 17th century, the short story has grown to encompass a
body of work so diverse as to defy easy characterization. At its most
prototypical the short story features a small cast of named characters, and
focuses on a self-contained incident with the intent of evoking a "single
effect" or mood. In doing
so, short stories make use of plot, resonance, and other dynamic components to
a far greater degree than is typical of an anecdote, yet to a far
lesser degree than a novel. While the
short story is largely distinct from the novel, authors of both generally draw
from a common pool of literary techniques.
Short stories have no set length.
In terms of word count there is no official demarcation between an anecdote, a short
story, and a novel. Rather, the form's parameters are given by the rhetorical
and practical context in which a given story is produced and considered, so
that what constitutes a short story may differ between genres, countries, eras,
and commentators. Like the novel,
the short story's predominant shape reflects the demands of the available
markets for publication, and the evolution of the form seems closely tied to
the evolution of the publishing industry and the submission guidelines of its
constituent houses.
The short story has been
considered both an apprenticeship form preceding more lengthy works, and a
crafted form in its own right, collected together in books of similar length,
price, and distribution as novels. Short story writers may define their works
as part of the artistic and personal expression of the form. They may also
attempt to resist categorization by genre and fixed form.
- What are some of the elements that make up a good story?
b) It ought to combine matter-of-fact description with poetic
atmosphere.
c) It ought to present a unified impression of temper, tone, colour, and
effect.
d) It mostly shows a decisive moment of life (which can entail a fatal
blow).
e) There is often little action, hardly any character development, but
we get a snapshot of life.
f) Its plot is not very complex (in contrast to the novel), but it
creates a unified impression and leaves us with a vivid sensation rather than a
number of remembered facts.
g) There is a close connection between the short story and the poem as
there is both a unique union of idea and structure.
The short story is a piece of art that tries to give us a specified
impression of the world we live in. It aims to produce a single narrative
effect with the greatest economy of means and utmost emphasis.
- The importance of telling stories to children
Telling stories to children is a
habit that stayed in the past, back to our parents and grandparents; a classic
scene that was trapped in the TV. Today's parents are so saturated with tasks
that we have no time for our children, let alone read them a bedtime story.
The our children read a story
every night is more than just a lull activity can significantly benefit them
both them and us, for example did you know to read language and stimulate her
imagination?, Do you get to relax and relax creating stronger links between the
two? And these are just some of the benefits of this activity, you can mention
more:
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Listening to stories makes the most thoughtful
children, and that they always find a message that leads them to understand how
they should act and behave, namely to distinguish between good and bad.
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It helps to fight their own fears. In many of
the stories the child can identify with the emotions of the protagonists, and
know the outcome and what will happening throughout history, of having
arguments to address their own fears, with a feeling of greater control .
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The story is one of the foundations for the intellectual
development of the child, to tell a story we can understand things get faster,
his brain working with greater certainty.
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His memory and his desire to express is
encouraged.
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Develop and expand the capabilities of
perception and understanding of the child.
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Increase their sensitivity.
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In child is happy because his parents are with
him, giving him time to attend to and pamper.
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It encourages reading and love of books in our
children, as the interest aroused them the magic and adventure-filled stories
captured in those pages, increase their desire to know more stories, so it's
easy to end up loving reading.
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The child learns more words, his vocabulary is
broader and this aspect will help a lot later, because you can read far better
and therefore have better school performance.
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Children whose parents frequently read stories,
make good listeners and retention, very necessary elements for effective
learning.
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Through the story we get to interact much with
our children, we can to earn your trust and tell us about the everyday things
that happen to them also about difficult situations they are living.
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Believe it or not parents, through story reading
our children can learn about history, human and animal life; letters, colors,
numbers, words in another language, etc.. without them it boring.
- How to tell stories to your children?
To have the time to tell a story is a time
eagerly awaited by children and observe the positive effects they have
mentioned them before, we must take into account:
- Select a comfortable place to read sufficiently illuminated.
- Make sure that when reading to your child is magical, do a ritual that he and you look forward to enjoying and liking.
- Tells the tale with joy and enthusiasm you attract the child's attention, failed to understand the story and get the message. And when the child asks you again tell him, you do it with the same emotion.
- Especially in very young children, it is important to repeat several times the different scenes of the story trying to use the same words.
- As it allows this telling the story, the child can see the pictures.
- Allow the child to participate as much as possible, both in choosing the story to read (can give you many track that choice on their interests or concerns), as when interrupts.
- When the child is tired do not force him to continue, and it will no longer be a rewarding activity for him.
- Sometimes reading other stories and listen to them, this will also be located at different height of the child who hears, and that creates an emotional and great complicity between the two current.
- Later in the day, ask your child to draw any of the characters or scenes you've read the story yesterday. That may seem scribbling strokes that have large messages, since there will be expressed fears, expectations and interests that move you.
- Another way to know your reaction to the story is the child asking questions related to the story, for example if he likes, that seemed, who were in the story, etc..
- LISTENING EXERCISE
these listening exercise will help you to find you knowledge about short story.some listening such as day at the school, dinner time and summer camp.
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Children will get a quikest knowledge about the story if you show them a video of the tale.here a video about the Lion and the Mouse.
Children will get a quikest knowledge about the story if you show them a video of the tale.here a video about the Lion and the Mouse.
