Weekend

This study guide will help you analyse the text “Weekend” by Fay Weldon. We will show you examples of elements in the text that will be relevant for your analysis. In these notes, we will focus on the summary, structure, characters, setting, narrator and point of view, language, theme and message, and help you put the text in perspective.

Presentation of the text

Title: “Weekend”
Author: Fay Weldon
Published in: Cosmopolitan
Date of Publication: 1978
Genre: Short story

Fay Weldon (b. 1931) is an English writer, essayist, and playwright. She began writing fiction in the 1960s and is still a very prolific writer. Most of her fiction has female central characters.

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Title

The title of the short story, “Weekend”, indicates the time setting. As weekends are usually associated with free time and relaxation, the title and the beginning of the story make readers believe that the events will be about a relaxing family time: “Weekend! Only two hours’ drive down to the cottage on Friday evenings: three hours’ drive back on Sunday nights. The pleasures of greenery and guests in between. They reckoned themselves fortunate, how fortunate!” (ll. 10-13)