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Publication date. June 26, 1948. " The Lottery " is a short story by Shirley Jackson that was first published in The New Yorker on June 26, 1948. [a] The story describes a fictional small American community that observes an annual tradition known as "the lottery", which is intended to ensure a good harvest and purge the town of bad omens.
Shibram Chakraborty. Shibram Chakraborty (1903–1980) was an Indian writer and humorist. His best known short stories and novels are renowned for their unique use of pun, alliteration, play of words and ironic humour. [2] He was a prolific author who also wrote poems, plays, non-fiction and novels for mature audiences in his long career.
The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations is a descriptive list which was first proposed by Georges Polti in 1895 to categorize every dramatic situation that might occur in a story or performance. [1] Polti analyzed classical Greek texts, plus classical and contemporaneous French works. He also analyzed a handful of non-French authors.
The short story is a crafted form in its own right. Short stories make use of plot, resonance and other dynamic components as in a novel, but typically to a lesser degree. While the short story is largely distinct from the novel or novella/short novel, authors generally draw from a common pool of literary techniques. [citation needed]
Flowers for Algernon is a short story by American author Daniel Keyes, later expanded by him into a novel and subsequently adapted for film and other media.The short story, written in 1958 and first published in the April 1959 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 1960. [2]
Sanchita (Collected poems), 1925. Phanimanasa (The Cactus), 1927. Chakrabak (The Flamingo), 1929. Satbhai Champa (The Seven Brothers of Champa), juvenile poems, 1933. Nirjhar (Fountain), 1939. Natun Chand (The New Moon), 1939. Morubhaskar (The Sun in the Desert), 1951. Sanchayan (Collected Poems), 1955. Nazrul Islam: Islami Kobita (A Collection ...
Almost, Maine is a 2004 American play written by John Cariani, comprising nine short plays that explore love and loss in a remote, mythical almost-town called Almost, Maine. It premiered at the Portland Stage Company in Portland, Maine in 2004, where it broke box office records and garnered critical acclaim. [ 1 ]
List of writing genres. Writing genres (more commonly known as literary genres) are categories that distinguish literature (including works of prose, poetry, drama, hybrid forms, etc.) based on some set of stylistic criteria. Sharing literary conventions, they typically consist of similarities in theme/topic, style, tropes, and storytelling ...