[Gutenberg 64210] • Types of Prose Narratives · A Text-Book for the Story Writer by Fansler, Harriott Ely -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Transcriber's note. TYPES OF PROSE NARRATIVES

PREFACE TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF STORIES

NARRATIVES OF FICTITIOUS EVENTS

Myths Legends Fairy Tales Nursery Tales Fables Parables Allegories Tales of Mere Wonder Imaginary Voyages Tale of Scientific Discovery and Mechanical Invention Detective Story and Tale of Mere Plot Tales of More-or-Less Probable Adventure Society Stories Humorous Stories Occasional Stories Moral Story Pedagogical Narratives Stories of Present-Day Realism Psychological Weird Tales Stories That Emphasize Character and Environment Stories That Emphasize Character and Events

NARRATIVES OF ACTUAL EVENTS

Incidents Anecdotes Eye-Witness Accounts Tales of Actual Adventures Travellers' Sketches Journals and Diaries Autobiography and Memoirs Biographies Annals Chronicles

INTRODUCTION CHAPTER I THE PRIMITIVE-RELIGIOUS GROUP

I. The Myth

A List of Deities Egyptian Gods Hindoo Gods Russian Gods Finnish Mythology (derived from Kalevala) Norse Deities Filipino Deities The World's Creation and the Birth of Wainamoinen TRIBAL MYTH Origin of the Moon TRIBAL MYTH The First Cocoanut Tree and the Creation of Man ORIGINAL MYTH The Lotus

II. The Legend

Kenach's Little Woman A Legend of Gapan A Legend of the Incas The Place of the Red Grass: or, The Invasion of Pangasinan by the Ilocanos

III. The Fairy Tale

PARTIAL LIST OF FAIRIES, GOOD AND BAD, OF DIFFERENT COUNTRIES: The Boggart Cafre and the Fisherman's Wife The Friendship of an Aswang and a Duende A Tianac Frightens Juan The Black Cloth of the Calumpang Tree

IV. The Nursery Saga or Märchen

Princess Helena the Fair Juan the Guesser The Shepherd Who Became King

CHAPTER II THE SYMBOLIC-DIDACTIC GROUP

I. The Fable

RATIONAL, WITH THE ACTORS GODS AND MEN Jupiter and the Countryman NON-RATIONAL—INANIMATE OBJECT The Drop of Water POLITICAL SATIRE The Grandee at the Judgment-Seat BEAST FABLES The Lion and the Old Hare The Fox and the Crab RATIONAL, WITH THE ACTORS MEN The Fool Who Sells Wisdom ALMOST A PARABLE The Archer and the Trumpeter The Courtship of Sir Butterfly The Hat and the Shoes The Crocodile and the Peahen The Old Man, His Son, and His Grandson

II. Parable

The Three Questions A Master and His Servant The Parable of the Beggar and the Givers

III. Allegory

The Artist The House of Judgment The Chain That Binds The Love Which Surpassed All Other Loves

CHAPTER III THE INGENIOUS-ASTONISHING GROUP

I. The Tale of Mere Wonder

Story of the City of Brass The Magic Ring, the Bird, and the Basket

II. The Imaginary Voyage with a Satiric or Instructive Purpose

Mellonta Tauta Busyong's Trip to Jupiter

III. Tale of Scientific Discovery and Mechanical Invention

The Curious Vehicle The Spyglass of the Past Up a Water-Spout

IV. The Detective Story and Other Tales of Pure Plot

Thou Art the Man The Picture of Lhasa

CHAPTER IV THE ENTERTAINING GROUP

I. The Tale of Probable Adventure

A Fight with a Bear The Secret of the Jade Tlaloc

II. The Society Story

The Fur Coat The Lady in Pink

III. The Humorous Story

The Expatriation of Jonathan Taintor Kileto and the Physician A FILIPINO FABLEAU[6] The Lame Man and the Deaf Family

IV. The Occasional Story

The Lost Child The Peace of Yesterdays A Christmas Legend

CHAPTER V THE INSTRUCTIVE GROUP

I. The Moral Story

Jeannot and Colin

II. The Pedagogical Narrative

Gertrude's Method of Instruction Lawin-Lawinan

III. The Story of Present Day Realism

The Piece of String A Social Error The Lot of the Poor Filipino Fear.

CHAPTER VI THE ARTISTIC GROUP: THE REAL SHORT-STORY

I. The Psychological Weird Tale

The Signal-Man "Like a Thief in the Night"

II. The Story That Emphasizes Character and Environment.

The Story of Muhammad Din The Fetters When Terry "Quit" Nora Titay and Chiquito

III. The Story That Emphasizes Character and Events

The Necklace Andong

CHAPTER VII PARTICULAR ACCOUNTS

I. The Incident

A Near Tragedy Birds Divulge Army Secrets An Incident Related In a Letter A Hero Dead My First Day at School The Guinatan Prize

II. The Anecdote

Coleridge's Retort An Inevitable Misfortune A Point Needing to Be Settled Patience Preaching and Practice Johnson's Dictionary The Boy Kipling Sir Godfrey Kneller The Capitan Municipal and the Jokers An Instance of Bamboo Spanish Mr. Taft's Mistake

III. The Eye-Witness Account

Story of the Revolution in the Portuguese Capital A Contrast

IV. The Tale of Actual Adventure

The Bear-Hunt Saladin and I Fight an Alupong I Get Two Beatings The Fall of Juan A Narrow Escape from a Wild Carabao

V. The Traveler's Sketch

"On the Way to Talavera" "Smyrna: First Glimpses of the East" A Trip from Currimao to Laoag

CHAPTER VIII PERSONAL ACCOUNTS

I. Journal and Diary

Extracts from Diary of Samuel Pepys A Diary of Four Days "Something Doing"

II. Autobiography and Memoirs

The Life of David Hume, Esq., Written by Himself Autobiography What I Remember of the Coming of the Americans

III. Biography

Outline for a Life Queen Christina Joan Luna's Life Elizabeth Glade Biography of a Traitor

CHAPTER IX IMPERSONAL ACCOUNTS

I. Annals

The State of England in Stephen's Reign Annals of the Town of Mangaldan, 1879-1882 Annals of Pagsanjan

II. Chronicles

CHRONICLE Rivalry Between Two Towns A Short History of Ilagan A TRUE RELATION Some Incidents of the Rebellion of 1898

BIBLIOGRAPHY

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS GENERAL REFERENCE WORKS ON THE HISTORY OF FICTION CHAPTER I. PRIMITIVE RELIGIOUS GROUP

Myth Legend and Saga Fairy Tale and Nursery Saga

CHAPTER II. SYMBOLIC-DIDACTIC GROUP

Fable Parable Allegory

CHAPTER III. INGENIOUS-ASTONISHING GROUP

Tale of Mere Wonder Imaginary Voyage With a Satiric or Instructive Purpose Tale of Scientific Discovery and of Mechanical Invention The Detective Story and Other Tales of Mere Plot

CHAPTER IV. THE ENTERTAINING GROUP

Tale of Probable Adventure The Society Story The Humorous Story The Occasional Story

CHAPTER V. THE INSTRUCTIVE GROUP

The Moral Story The Pedagogical Commentary and Story The Story of Present Day Realism

CHAPTER VI. THE SHORT STORY

Collections of Short Stories The Psychological Weird Tale Miscellaneous Short-Story Writers of Europe and America

CHAPTER VII

Incident Anecdote Eye-Witness Account Tale of Actual Adventure The Traveler's Sketch

CHAPTER VIII

Journal and Diary Autobiography and Memoirs Biography

CHAPTER IX

Notable Histories Annals Chronicles and True Relations

INDEX

FOOTNOTES: Transcriber's Note

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