Summarize the styles and themes you see in the short stories of Poe, Simms, Chesnutt, and Harris. As Chopin, Hurston, Glasgow, Faulkner, and Caldwell come on the scene, how does the short story change? What makes the second set of writers seem more modern to us?
Use examples and quotations from the short stories or articles we read-or new articles you found on your own-to support your argument.