A collection in two parts combining two languages and two kinds of writing: seven unpublished stories (by John Field, Nathalie Schraepen, Claire Larrière, Christine Pagnoulle, Andrew Norris, Rose-Marie François and Dominique Hecq) and seven essays on short stories, including considerations on the boundaries of the genre (Michel Delville), a close analysis of a story by Faulkner (Valérie Bada) and of one by Alice Munro (Simone Vauthier), a reader-oriented approach to one of the stories in the first part (John Field), a biographical approach to Soyinka’s early stories (James Gibbs), a cultural reading of Tjalie Robinson’s Indo stories (Christine Levecq), and concluding remarks which take us back to the classroom situation, on how stories can be used in secondary schools to develop critical awareness (Paul Caillet). 

Table of contents

John FIELD
Chance Encounter

Nathalie SCHRAEPEN
The Train

Claire LARRIÈRE
Le transfert

Christine PAGNOULLE
The Key

Andrew NORRIS
The Sham

Rose-Marie FRANÇOIS
Sur la grève

Dominique HECQ
Embabelled / Embabelée

Michel DELVILLE
On the Edge of Genre

Valérie BADA
Narrative Device in Faulkner's "A Justice"

Simone VAUTHIER
Visiting Alice Munro's "Pictures of the Ice"

John FIELD
The Reader-Writer Relationship in "Chance Encounter"

James GIBBS
Wole Soyinka’s "Special Line"

Christine LEVECQ:
Tjies and Tjoek: Tjalie Robinson's Indo Stories

Paul CAILLET
Short Stories in Class: Towards Critical Thinking

Contributors