The Short Story: An Analysis Perspective for the Teaching of English

Authors

  • Dr Eliane Segati Rios-Registro Professor, State University of Northern Paraná (UENP), Paraná, Brazil
  • Dr V.L.L. Cristovão Associate Professor, State University of Londrina (UEL), Londrina, Paraná, Brazil

Keywords:

ISD, English literature, Short Story genre

Abstract

The short story is one of the literary genres that capture the reader’s attention for its brevity and effect. From this perspective, this study has as objective to present and analyze the literary genre as a tool in Teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL). We used, as analysis corpus, “The Cask of Amontillado”, by Edgar Alan Poe and we analyzed it from the socio-discursive interactionism (ISD) a theoretical and methodological framework as presented by Bronckart (1999/2003/2009). After our analyses, we can state that the short story is an outstanding genre to ground the field of TEFL once its structure helps in the understanding of the author’s representations created from the understanding and functioning of the literary text.

References

Bronckart, J.P. Atividade de linguagem, textos e discursos: por um sociointeracionismo discursivo.Trans. Anna Raquel Machado e Péricles Cunha. São Paulo: EDUC, 1999/2003/2009.

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Poe, E.A. “The Cask of Amontillado”. Tales of Mystery and Imagination. Longman Group Ltd, 1964: 41-47.

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Published

01.04.2010

How to Cite

Eliane Segati Rios-Registro, & V.L.L. Cristovão. (2010). The Short Story: An Analysis Perspective for the Teaching of English. Journal of Teaching and Research in English Literature, 1(4), 20–23. Retrieved from https://journals.eltai.in/index.php/jtrel/article/view/JTREL010405

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 4 (2010): April

Section

Research Articles

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