Perrine's Literature

by Arp, Thomas R.; Johnson, Greg

• ISBN13: 9781413029284
• ISBN10: 1413029280
• Edition: Looseleaf
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-01-27
• Publisher: Heinle

Summary

The best-seller for nearly 50 years and the introduction to literature textbook that first set the standard for including a wide range of engaging and diverse forms of literature, Arp/Johnson/Perrine continues to be the most inclusive anthology of fiction, poetry, and drama.

Table of Contents

Preface

Writing About Literature

Why Write about Literature?

For Whom Do You Write?

Two Basic Approaches

Explication

Analysis

Choosing a Topic

Papers That Focus on a Single Literary Work

Paper of Comparison and Contrast

Papers on a Number of Works by a Single Author

Papers on a Number of Works with Some Feature Other Than Authorship in Common

Proving Your Point

Writing the Paper

Writing In-Class Essays or Essays Tests

Introducing Quotations (Q1-Q11)

Documentation

Textual Documentation (TD1-TD5)

Parenthetical Documentation (PD1-PD6)

List of Works Cited

Documentation of Electronic Sources

Stance and Style (S1-S6)

Grammar, Punctuation, and Usage: Common Problems

Grammar (G1-G2)

Punctuation (P1-P5)

Usage (U1-U2)

Writing Samples

Fiction Explication: "Darkness" in the Conclusion of "The Child by Tiger."Fiction Analysis: The Function of the Frame Story in "Once Upon a Time." Poetry Explication: "A Study of Reading Habits." Poetry Analysis: Diction in "Pathedy of Manners." Drama Explication: Iago''s First Soliloquy

Drama Analysis: Othello''s Race

Fiction: The Elements Of Fiction

Reading the Story

Reviewing Chapter One

"The Most Dangerous Game"

"Hunters in the Snow"

Understanding and Evaluating Fiction

Suggestions for Writing

Plot and Structure

Reviewing Chapter Two

"The Destructors"

"How I Met My Husband"

"Interpreter of Maladies"

Suggestions for Writing

Characterization

Reviewing Chapter Three

"Everyday Use"

"Miss Brill"

"How Far She Went"

Suggestions for Writing

Theme

Reviewing Chapter Four

"The Lesson"

"Gooseberries"

"A Worn Path"

"Once Upon a Time"

Suggestions for Writing

Point of View

Reviewing Chapter Five

"Paul''s Case"

"The Lottery"

"The Jilting of Granny Weatherall"

"Hills Like White Elephants"

Suggestions for Writing

Symbol, Allegory, and Fantasy

Reviewing Chapter Six

"The Rocking-Horse Winner"

"Young Goodman Brown"

"Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?"

"A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings"

Suggestions for Writing

Humor and Irony

Reviewing Chapter Seven

"The Drunkard"

"The Kugelmass Episode"

"The Guest"

Suggestions for Writing

Evaluating Fiction

Reviewing Chapter Eight

Exercise

"A Municipal Report"

"A Jury of Her Peers"

Exercise

"Roman Fever"

"A New Leaf"

Suggestions for Writing

Two Feature Writers: James Joyce and Flannery O''Connor

Introduction

"Araby", "Eveline", and "The Boarding House"

"A Good Man is Hard to Find" , "Good Country People", and "Greenleaf"

Suggestions for Writing

Stories for Further Reading

"Civil Peace"

"Cathedral"

"The Swimmer"

"American History"

"The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky"

"A Rose for Emily"

"The Gilded Six-Bits"

"A Contract"

"Bartleby the Scrivener"

"The Cask of Amontillado"

"No One''s a Mystery"

"A&P"

"The Child

Poetry the Elements Of Poetry

What is Poetry? "The Eagle"

"Winter"

"Dulce et Decorum Est"

Reviewing Chapter One

Understanding and Evaluating Poetry

"Shall I compare thee to a summer''s day?"

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