Perrine's Story and Structure

by Arp, Thomas R.; Johnson, Greg

• ISBN13: 9780495898009
• ISBN10: 0495898007
• Edition: 13th
• Format: Spiral Bound
• Copyright: 2011-02-11
• 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. ix
Professional Acknowledgments	p. xii
Foreword to Students	p. xiii
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
Suggestions for Writing	p. 42
Understanding and Evaluating Fiction	p. 43
Plot and Structure	p. 46
Reviewing Chapter Two	p. 54
The Destructors	p. 54
How I Met My Husband	p. 68
Interpreter of Maladies	p. 83
Suggestions for Writing	p. 102
Characterization	p. 103
Reviewing Chapter Three	p. 107
Everyday Use	p. 108
Miss Brill	p. 116
Sonny's Blues	p. 121
Suggestions for Writing	p. 149
Theme	p. 150
Reviewing Chapter Four	p. 157
Babylon Revisited	p. 157
Misery	p. 176
A Worn Path	p. 181
Once upon a Time	p. 189
Suggestions for Writing	p. 194
Point of View	p. 195
Reviewing Chapter Five	p. 201
Paul's Case	p. 202
The Lottery	p. 220
The Jilting of Granny Weatherall	p. 228
Hills Like White Elephants	p. 236
Suggestions for Writing	p. 241
Symbol, Allegory, and Fantasy	p. 242
Reviewing Chapter Six	p. 253
The Rocking-Horse Winner	p. 253
Young Goodman Brown	p. 267
The Yellow Wallpaper	p. 279
A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings	p. 293
Suggestions for Writing	p. 299
Humor and Irony	p. 301
Reviewing Chapter Seven	p. 305
The Drunkard	p. 306
Rape Fantasies	p. 315
The Guest	p. 323
Suggestions for Writing	p. 335
Evaluating Fiction	p. 336
Reviewing Chapter Eight	p. 339
The Matchmaker	p. 340
The Magic Barrel	p. 351
Suggestions for Writing	p. 366
Three Featured Writers	p. 367
Introduction	p. 369
The Sisters	p. 371
Araby	p. 378
The Boarding House	p. 384
Critical Perspectives on Joyce	p. 390
From Dubliners: A Pluralistic World
On ôThe Sistersö
On ôArabyö
From ôThe Boarding House Seen as a Tale of Misdirectionö
A Good Man Is Hard to Find	p. 402
Good Country People	p. 416
Everything That Rises Must Converge	p. 434
Critical Perspectives on O'Connor	p. 448
ôA Reasonable Use of the Unreasonableö
ôLetter to a Professor of Englishö
From ôA Good Man's Predicamentö
On ôGood Country Peopleö
On ôEverything That Rises Must Convergeö
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?	p. 462
Life after High School	p. 477
June Birthing	p. 491
Critical Perspectives on Oates	p. 497
From ôStories That Define Me: The Making of a Writerö
ôWhere Are You Going, Where Have You Been?' and Smooth Talk: S Story into Filmö
On ôWhere Are You Going, Where Have You Been?ö
On ôLife After High Schoolö and ôJune Birthingö Suggestions for Writing
Writing about Fiction	p. 511
Why Write about Literature?	p. 513
For Whom Do You Write?	p. 513
Two Basic Approaches	p. 515
Explication	p. 515
Analysis	p. 516
Choosing a Topic	p. 516
Papers That Focus on a Single Story	p. 517
Papers of Comparison and Contrast	p. 517
Papers on a Number of Works by a Single Author	p. 518
Papers on a Number of Works with Some Feature Other Than Authorship in Common	p. 519
Proving Your Point	p. 519
Writing the Paper	p. 521
Writing In-Class Essays or Essay Tests	p. 523
Introducing Quotations (Q1-Q10)	p. 525
Documentation	p. 531
Textual Documentation (TD1-TD4)	p. 531
Parenthetical Documentation (PD1-PD6)	p. 533
Documentation by List of Works Cited	p. 535
Documentation of Electronic Sources	p. 537
Stance and Style (S1-S6)	p. 539
Grammar, Punctuation, and Usage: Common Problems	p. 542
Grammar (G1-G2)	p. 542
Punctuation (P1-P5)	p. 542
Usage (U1-U2)	p. 544
Writing Samples	p. 547
Fiction Explication: The Indeterminate Ending in ôWhere Are You Going, Where Have You Been?ö	p. 547
Fiction Analysis: The Function of the Frame Stoty in ôOnce upon a Timeö	p. 549
Stories for Further Reading	p. 553
The Swimmer	p. 554
The Story of an Hour	p. 564
A Rose for Emily	p. 566
A Jury of Her Peers	p. 574
Spunk	p. 593
The Real Thing	p. 598
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas	p. 620
Bartleby the Scrivener	p. 626
The Tell-Tale Heart	p. 658
A Little Burst	p. 662
A & P	p. 673
Glossary of Terms	p. 679
Copyrights and Acknowledgments	p. 683
Index of Authors and Titles	p. 687
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