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VCE Literature guide - units 3 & 4

VCE Literature - Short stories

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Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout

Overviews

Explanation of: 'Olive Kitteridge' by Elizabeth Strout. LitFinder Contemporary Collection, Gale, 2011.
Bush, Trudy. Review of Olive Kitteridge. Contemporary Literary Criticism, edited by Jeffrey W. Hunter, vol. 299, Gale, 2011. (Originally published in Christian Century, vol. 126, no. 21, 20 Oct. 2009, pp. 54-55).
Cooper, Patrick. Olive Kitteridge. Cyclopedia of Literary Characters, edited by Frank N. Magill, 4th ed., vol. 3, Salem Press/Grey House, 2015, pp. 1770-1772.

Author interview

Elizabeth Strout: I love Olive Kitteridge and I feel like I know her very well (2021, Feb 03). CE Noticias Financieras 3 Feb 2021

Analysis

Harrison, C., & Giovanelli, M. (2022). Traits Don’t Change, States of Mind Do”: Tracking Olive in Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout. English Studies, 103(3), 428–446.
Hyde, S. (2010). Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout : notes by Samarra Hyde. Melbourne: CAE Book Groups.

Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang

Reviews & analysis

Esaki, B. J. (2023). Ted Chiang’s Asian American Amusement at Alien Arrival Short Story Criticism (Vol. 325). Gale. (Reprinted from Religions, 2020, 11[2])
Wahpeconiah, Tammy ‘The Wrong Side of Heaven, the Righteous Side of Hell’: Religion, Faith, and Belief in Ted Chiang’s Stories of Your Life and Others Religion, Faith, and Belief in Ted Chiang’s Stories of Your Life and Others." Short Story Criticism, edited by Rebecca Parks, vol. 325, Gale, 2023, pp. 4-10.
Glazier, J. W., & Beck, T. J. (2018). Apocalypse, Language, Temporality: An alien encounter in Ted Chiang’s “Story of your life”. Subjectivity, 11(3), 267-284.
Mieville, C. (2004, Apr 24). Science fiction & fantasy: Wonder boy: China Mieville revels in a high-concept collection: Stories of your life by Ted Chiang The Guardian

Interviews

Conversation with Ted Chiang (2019, Apr 28). New York Times
'I've experienced snobbery for the majority of my career': Ted Chiang, one of the most exciting writers in science fiction, tells Eleanor Halls about his fight to escape 'the genre ghetto'.(2019, Jul 20). The Daily Telegraph

Smart Ovens of Lonely People by Elizabeth Tan

Copies of the text

Tan, Elizabeth Smart Ovens of Lonely People Sydney, NSW: Brio, 2020.

Reviews & analysis

Bennett, Lisa (June–July 2020, no. 422) Review Australian Book Review
Tan, Cher (June 29, 2020) Uncanny valleys Sydney Review of Books
Identity is Cruel Australian Humanities Review
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