Happy Endings | Essays and Criticism

  • How Happy Endings Critiques Various Elements of Contemporary Society

    Korb has a master’s degree in English literature and creative writing and has written for a wide variety of educational publishers. In the following essay, she discusses how ‘‘Happy Endings’’ critiques various elements of contemporary society.

  • The Experimental Short Story as Metafiction

    Andrews Henningfeld is an associate professor of English literature and composition who has written extensively for educational publishers. In this essay, she considers Margaret Atwood’s experimental short story as a work of metafiction, which is fiction that plays with the nature and creation of fiction.

  • Atwood's Story in Relation to the Impact of a Writer's Plot Development

    Scheiner is a professional writer with a doctorate in law. In this essay, she considers Atwood’s story in relation to the impact of a writer’s plot development on the reader’s satisfaction.