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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
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