On being foreign : culture shock in short fiction : an international anthology / Tom J. Lewis, Robert E. Jungman, editors. [print]
Material type: TextPublication details: Yarmouth, Maine : Intercultural Press, (c)1986.Description: xxv, 293 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780933662629
- On being foreign
- PN6120.J95.O534 1986
- PN6120
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Includes bibliographical references.
Preliminary Phase -- Longing for America -- Alienation -- America -- Questions for discussion -- List of additional stories David Rubin -- Julio Ramon Ribeyro -- Arthur Schnitzler -- Spectator phase -- You have left your lotus pods on the bus -- Odd tippling -- The little governess -- Saree of the gods -- Questions for discussion -- List of additional stories Paul Bowles -- Kurt Kusenberg -- Katherine Mansfield -- G.S. Sharat Chandra -- Increasing participation phase -- The growing stone -- Everything is nice -- Robert Aghion -- Questions for discussion -- List of additional stories Albert Camus -- Jane Bowles -- Hermann Hesse -- Shock phase -- Pastor Dowe at Tacate -- The blue hotel -- An outpost of progress -- Questions for discussion -- List of additional stories Paul Bowles -- Stephen Crane -- Joseph Conrad -- Adaption phase -- The overlap -- The door in the wall -- East and West -- Story of the warrior and the captive -- Questions for discussion -- List of additional stories John Bovey -- Oliver La Farge -- Rudyard Kipling -- Jorge Luis Borges -- Re-entry phase -- Yard sale -- Home sickness -- The captive -- Questions for discussion -- List of additional stories Paul Theroux -- George Moore -- Jorge Luis Borges.
A selection of short stories by such authors as Albert Camus, Jorge Luis Borges, Jane Bowles, Joseph Conrad, Stephen Crane, Hermann Hesse, Rudyard Kipling and Katherine Mansfield. They lead the reader through the stages of cross-cultural adjustment and provide insights into the psyche of the foreigner. The work is designed as a text in advanced English as a second language, in world literature courses and for intercultural studies.
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