Masterpieces of Short Fiction

Atwood's "Happy Endings" as Metafiction (1x21)

Air date: Jan 01, 2008

Atwood takes the conventions of fiction as her subject in this Postmodernist and satiric explication of what makes a "happy ending." You consider how readers contribute to the meaning of fiction and test how Atwood's story reflects Hemingway's idea that all stories end in death.