One day course for teachers of English. Formation continue UNIL-EPFL.
As brief and concentrated texts, short stories have been for centuries a space of narrative and stylistic experimentation for many authors, and they are also readily enjoyable and most teachable texts. The fast-paced development of the storyline, the simplified but evocative settings, and the presence of intriguing characters and narrators require the close attention of readers and their active participation in the story. Most of the great masters of English prose since the nineteenth century have tried their hand at this genre, and some of them have even made of the short story the signature of their oeuvre.