Ten Women Ten Stories (Interact With Literature)

Description: This selection of ten short stories about women by modern writers James Joyce, Katherine Mansfield, Roald Dahl, James Thurber, Edna O’Brien, Anne Cassidy, Malachi Whitaker and Janet Frame from different English-speaking countries – England, Ireland, America and New Zealand explores such themes as love’s dilemma, loneliness, crime, myths and nostalgia. Dictionary work, the role of the narrator, setting, story and plots, speech modes and characterisation are all featured in the analysis sections of each story. INTERACT WITH LITERATURE offers a wide range of original literary texts from intermediate level upwards (unabridged short stories or extracts from novels, as well as complete unabridged plays) from English-speaking countries, designed to introduce students to the world of literature. The aim of these volumes is to familiarise readers with the language of literature and encourage them to formulate their own response to what they read. Each volume concentrates on a particular theme, genre or liter ary current. Key features: • biographical details about each author • carefully selected texts relevant to the theme of the volume • linguistic accessibility with numerous footnotes to guide understanding • stimulating, graded activities ranging from familiarisation and comprehension to stylistic analysis and language development • dramatised recording of selected extracts by native speakers in American or British English • Teacher's Book which can be downloaded from the Black Cat website