Este trimestre vamos a leer tres o cuatro historias, relatos y microrrelatos. Para ello vamos a aprovechar las posibilidades de Internet para leer historias de forma gratuita y legal. Vamos a empezar por uno de los más grandes "cuentistas" de todos los tiempos,
Rudyard Kipling, del que quizás hayáis leído
El libro de la selva. En esta ocasión, leeremos los dos primeros relatos (
En la casa de Suddhoo y
Transgresión) que
ofrece online y gratis la editorial Acantilado. Y si os gustan, comprad el libro o pedidlo prestado en una biblioteca pública (y si no lo tienen, pedid que lo compren.)
We are going to read another story.
Brian Aldiss wrote
Super-Toys Last All Summer Long in the magazine
Wired.
Stanley Kubrick wanted to make a film about this story. But, finally,
Steven Spielberg was the director. We will watch the film in class. Firstly, we are going to begin with a
"flash fiction". The most famous "microrrelato" (the translation of "flash fiction") in Spanish is (do you think it is correctly written?)
Cuando despertó el dinosaurio todavía estaba allí In English, the following flash fiction is the most well known (but the author is not known, it is often attributed to Ernest Hemingway)
For sale: baby shoes, never wornPD. Grammar:
The Oxford comma. In a series of three or more terms, you should use what’s referred to as the Oxford comma. This means you should have a comma before the word “and” in a list. For instance: The American flag is red, white, and blue. Many people debate this, but I’m a believer in it because there are times when you don’t have the extra comma and the sentence doesn’t make sense. I prefer to err on the side of having the Oxford in there. Commas, in general. And speaking of commas, slow down when you’re writing and read your copy out loud. You don’t want to make this mistake: Let’s eat grandma vs. let’s eat, grandma. Poor grandma will be eaten if you forget the comma. 
