Modern Perspective in Short American Fiction. Chopin and Bierce set up fictions in which there is an oscillation between a stream of consciousness perspective and a more objective, peripheral perspective. This essay will examine how Chopin and Bierce's short stories use perspective and argue that these two works are distinctively modern in their skillful manipulations of point of view Pages: 4 Bibliography: 2 source(s) listed Filename: 13994 Perspective - American Fiction.doc Price: 35.80