Perrine's Story and Structure

by Arp,Thomas R.

• ISBN13: 9781413033090
• ISBN10: 1413033091
• Edition: 12th
• Format: Spiral Bound
• Copyright: 2008-02-13
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

Summary

The fiction section from Laurence Perrine?s all-time bestselling introduction to literature, this concise, authoritative text provides a complete overview of the essential elements of fiction, along with a diverse selection of stories to illustrate them. This reliable, well-written classic has introduced thousands of students to the serious study of fiction, yet it remains vital and compelling for today?s readers, presenting the most important and engaging stories available in a single collection. The section on three featured writers, James Joyce, Flannery O?Connor, and Joyce Carol Oates, includes three stories by each author, as well as essays by noted critics on their works.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xi
Professional Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Foreword to Students	p. xv
The Elements of Fiction	p. 1
Reading the Story	p. 3
Reviewing Chapter One	p. 9
The Most Dangerous Game	p. 9
Hunters in the Snow	p. 28
Understanding and Evaluating Fiction	p. 42
Suggestions for Writing	p. 44
Plot and Structure	p. 45
Reviewing Chapter Two	p. 53
The Destructors	p. 53
How I Met My Husband	p. 67
Interpreter of Maladies	p. 83
Suggestions for Writing	p. 101
Characterization	p. 103
Reviewing Chapter Three	p. 108
Everyday Use	p. 108
Miss Brill	p. 116
The Man Who Was Almost a Man	p. 121
Suggestions for Writing	p. 132
Theme	p. 133
Reviewing Chapter Four	p. 140
Welding with Children	p. 140
The Darling	p. 154
A Worn Path	p. 165
Once upon a Time	p. 173
Suggestions for Writing	p. 178
Point of View	p. 179
Reviewing Chapter Five	p. 185
Paul's Case	p. 186
The Lottery	p. 203
The Jilting of Granny Weatherall	p. 211
Hills Like White Elephants	p. 220
Suggestions for Writing	p. 225
Symbol, Allegory, and Fantasy	p. 226
Reviewing Chapter Six	p. 237
The Rocking-Horse Winner	p. 237
Young Goodman Brown	p. 251
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas	p. 263
A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings	p. 269
Suggestions for Writing	p. 275
Humor and Irony	p. 276
Reviewing Chapter Seven	p. 280
The Drunkard	p. 281
Rape Fantasies	p. 290
The Guest	p. 298
Suggestions for Writing	p. 310
Evaluating Fiction	p. 311
Reviewing Chapter Eight	p. 314
Roman Fever	p. 315
A New Leaf	p. 327
Suggestions for Writing	p. 340
Three Featured Writers: James Joyce, Flannery O'Connor, Joyce Carol Oates	p. 343
Introduction	p. 345
Araby	p. 346
Eveline	p. 352
The Boarding House	p. 356
Critical Perspectives on Joyce	p. 363
From Dubliners: A Pluralistic World	p. 363
From "Araby"	p. 364
From "Eveline"	p. 368
From "'The Boarding House' Seen as a Tale of Misdirection"	p. 372
A Good Man Is Hard to Find	p. 376
Everything That Rises Must Converge	p. 390
Greenleaf	p. 404
Critical Perspectives on O'Connor	p. 425
"A Reasonable Use of the Unreasonable"	p. 425
"Letter to a Professor of English"	p. 427
From "A Good Man's Predicament"	p. 428
On "Everything That Rises Must Converge"	p. 432
On "Greenleaf"	p. 435
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?	p. 438
Life after High School	p. 453
June Birthing	p. 467
From "Stories That Define Me: The Making of a Writer"	p. 474
"Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" and Smooth Talk: Short Story into Film	p. 475
On "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?"	p. 478
On "Life After High School" and "June Birthing"	p. 481
Writing about Fiction	p. 487
Why Write about Literature?	p. 489
For Whom Do You Write?	p. 489
Two Basic Approaches	p. 491
Explication	p. 491
Analysis	p. 492
Choosing a Topic	p. 492
Papers That Focus on a Single Story	p. 493
Papers of Comparison and Contrast	p. 493
Papers on a Number of Works by a Single Author	p. 494
Papers on a Number of Works with Some Feature Other than Authorship in Common	p. 495
Proving Your Point	p. 495
Writing the Paper	p. 497
Writing In-Class Essays or Essay Tests	p. 499
Introducing Quotations (Q1-Q10)	p. 501
Documentation	p. 507
Textual Documentation (TD1-TD4)	p. 507
Parenthetical Documentation (PD1-PD6)	p. 509
Documentation by List of Works Cited	p. 511
Documentation of Electronic Sources	p. 513
Stance and Style (S1-S6)	p. 515
Grammar, Punctuation, and Usage: Common Problems	p. 518
Grammar (G1-G2)	p. 518
Punctuation (P1-P5)	p. 518
Usage (U1-U2)	p. 520
Writing Samples	p. 523
Fiction Explication: The Indeterminate Ending in "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?"	p. 523
Fiction Analysis: The Function of the Frame Story in "Once upon a Time"	p. 525
Stories for Further Reading	p. 529
Civil Peace	p. 531
The Swimmer	p. 536
The Story of an Hour	p. 546
A Rose for Emily	p. 548
A Jury of Her Peers	p. 556
The Gilded Six-Bits	p. 575
The Real Thing	p. 585
Bartleby the Scrivener	p. 608
The Cask of Amontillado	p. 639
A & P	p. 646
Glossary of Terms	p. 653
Copyrights and Acknowledgments	p. 659
Index of Authors and Titles	p. 663
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