Silence as Literary Device in Ambrose Bierce’s ‘The Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge’Khanom, A. (2013). Silence as Literary Device in Ambrose Bierce’s ‘The Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge’. Teaching American Literature, 6(1), 45–52. http://proxy1.nu.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ehh&AN=90713082&site=eds-live
Having now completed Ambrose Bierce’s story and the first few chapters of Prose Fiction, you would be forgiven for asking yourself the question, “How can I use all these ideas fluttering around my head about what I just read?” The answer is found in literary criticism! The field of lit-crit is full of people sharing and supporting their ideas about fiction and nonfiction works in essays, and all those ideas you have about this week’s readings are how such papers start. As an example of this kind of deep analysis of the written word, read this article dissecting a single element of “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge.” Consider, as you do, what your own thoughts are regarding the paper’s argument—do you agree with them? Why or why not? Can you further support your own opinion on the matter?