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Short stories in the classroom: Kate Chopin’s The Story of an Hour

Publication date: 29.11.2023

Glottodidactic Journal, 2023, Issue 12 (2023), pp. 9 - 21

https://doi.org/10.4467/27204812ZG.23.002.18704

Authors

Andrzej Fretschel-Hojarski
Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Gołębia 24, 31-007 Kraków, Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9294-4417 Orcid
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Short stories in the classroom: Kate Chopin’s The Story of an Hour

Abstract

The following workshop offers both a theoretical (Part One) and didactic (Part Two) approach to Kate Chopin’s much-revered and anthologized The Story of an Hour in the ESL classroom. Introducing university students in advanced-level courses to short stories has numerous benefits, particularly when coupled with discussion around important themes such as gender equality, stereotyping, marriage, and women’s emancipation. Moreover, students will appreciate exposure to an authentic text replete with various literary devices.

ABSTRAKT
Opowiadania w klasie: Radość, która zabija Kate Chopin

Poniższe warsztaty oferują zarówno teoretyczne (część pierwsza), jak i dydaktyczne (część druga) opracowanie do znanego i wielokrotnie umieszczonego w antologiach opowiadania autorstwa Kate Chopin zatytułowanego Radość, która zabija. Zapoznanie studentów na poziomie zaawansowanym z opowiadaniami ma wiele zalet, zwłaszcza w połączeniu z dyskusją na ważne tematy, takie jak równouprawnienie płci, stereotypy, małżeństwo i emancypacja kobiet. Ponadto studenci docenią styczność z tekstem autentycznym zawierającym różne środki literackie.

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Gilbert, S.M. (ed.) (1986). The Awakening and Selected Stories by Kate Chopin. New York.

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Toby Nies. (2017, September 12). The Story of an Hour [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofAiwejmMqoa [accessed: 17 February 2022].

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Information: Glottodidactic Journal, 2023, Issue 12 (2023), pp. 9 - 21

Article type: Original article

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Short stories in the classroom: Kate Chopin’s The Story of an Hour

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Short stories in the classroom: Kate Chopin’s The Story of an Hour

Authors

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9294-4417

Andrzej Fretschel-Hojarski
Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Gołębia 24, 31-007 Kraków, Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9294-4417 Orcid
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Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Gołębia 24, 31-007 Kraków, Poland

Published at: 29.11.2023

Article status: Open

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