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Some of these links are videos on demand and will require you to log in with your ACCeID.
In order to better understand the works, check out the literary databases, especially Bloom's and MagillonLiterature. To access online literary databases, go to the ACC Library. Next, click "Articles and Research" then go to Articles and More. Finally, click Literature and Literary Criticism to find literary biographies and analyses, as well as scholarly articles and synopses of the works. At some point, you will be prompted to type in your ACCeID and password. If you need help, Ask a Librarian.
Note: The required short stories listed below can be found online or in Literature Craft & Voice, Vol, 1: Fiction (LCV). Click the links to find the stories available online.
Edgar Allan Poe (video on demand): "The Cask of Amontillado" (VOD)
Willa Cather's (video on demand): "Paul's Case" (VOD)
Joyce Carol Oates': "Where are you Going, Where Have You Been?"
Edith Wharton's: "Roman Fever"
Franz Kafka's(video on demand): "The Metamorphosis"
Kate Chopin : "Story of an Hour" (video on demand)
John Updike's(video on demand): "A&P"
Tim O'Brien: "The Things They Carried"
Dagoberto Gilb: "Romero's Shirt
Eudora Welty: "Why I Live at the P.O."
The optional short stories and articles listed below can be found either online or in Literature Craft & Voice, Vol, 1: Fiction (LCV). Click the links to find the stories available online.
Hurston: "The Gilded Six-Bits"
Lawrence (video on demand): "The Rocking-Horse Winner"
Barthelme : "Me and Miss Mandible"
Alcott (video on demand) : "My Contraband" (or "The Brothers")
Carver: "Cathedral"
Gish Jen: "Who's Irish?"
ZZ Packer: "Brownies"
Junot Diaz: "How to Date a Browngirl, Blackgirl, Whitegirl, or Halfie"
Jhumpa Lahiri: "Interpreter of Maladies"