Section One Introduction to Fiction
1. Plot
2. Character
3. Point of View
4. Setting
5. Theme
6. Style,Tone,and Symbol
Section Two In-Class Reading
1. The Inspiration of Mr. Budd
2. Hills Like White Elephants
3. Araby
4. The Lottery
5. My Oedipus Complex
6. Mr. Know-All
7. The Mark on the Wall
8. A Good Man Is Hard to Find
Section Three After-Class Reading
1. Tape-Measure Murder
2. The Last Leaf
3. The Peaches
4. The Doll's House
5. Dusk
6. The Oblong Box
7. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
8. The Yellow Wallpaper
Appendices
1. Why Do We Read Fiction?
2. Samples of Students' Writing
References