An edition of Perrine's story and structure
(2012)
Perrine's story and structure
13th ed.
by Thomas R. Arp and Greg Johnson
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"More than fifty years ago, Laurence Perrine pioneered an engaging approach to teaching literature ... Since then, millions of students have used Perrine's introductions to plot, character, theme, and other elements of fiction, gaining an understanding of fiction and developing essential skills in critical reading, analysis, and writing"--P. [4] of cover.
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Perrine's story and structure
2012, Wadsworth/Cengage Learning
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- 13th ed.
0495898007 9780495898009
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Table of Contents
Elements of fiction. Reading the story. Most dangerous game /Richard Connell
Hunters in the snow / Tobias Wolff
Plot and structure. Destructors / Graham Greene
How I met my husband / Alice Munro
Interpreter of maladies / Jhumpa Lahiri
Characterization. Everyday use / A. Walker
Miss Brill / Katherine Mansfield
Sonny's blues / James Baldwin
Theme. Babylon revisited / F. Scott Fitzgerald
Misery / Anton Chekhov
A worn path / Eudora Welty
Once upon a time / Nadine Gordimer
Point of view. Paul's case / Willa Cather
The lottery / Shirley Jackson
The jilting of Granny Weatherall
Katherine Anne Porter
Hills like white elephants / Ernest Hemingway. Symbol, allegory, and fantasy. Rocking-horse winner / D.H. Lawrence
Young Goodman Brown / Nathaniel Hawthorne
The yellow wallpaper / Charlotte Perkins Gilman
A very old man with enormous wings / Gabriel García Márquez. Humor and irony. The drunkard / Frank O'Connor
Rape fantasies / Margaret Atwood
The guest / Albert Camus. Evaluating fiction. The matchmaker / Elizabeth Berg
THe magic barrel / Bernard Malamud. Three featured writers: James Joyce, Flannery O'Connor, Joyce Carol Oates: The sisters; Araby; The boarding house / James Joyce
Critical perspectives on Joyce
A good man is hard to find; Good country people; Everything that rises must converge / Flannery O'Connor
Critical perspectives on O'Connor
Where are you going, where have you been? Life after high school; June birthing / Joyce Carol Oates
Critical perspectives on Oates
Writing about fiction. Why write about literature?
For whom do you write?
Two basic approaches
Choosing a topic
Proving your point
Writing the paper
Writing in-class essays or essay tests
Introducing quotations
Documentation
Stance and style
Grammar, punctuation, and usage, common problems
Writing samples
Stories for further reading. The swimmer / John Cheever
The story of an hour / Kate Chopin
A rose for Emily / William Faulkner
A jury of her peers / Susan Glaspell
Spunk / Zora Neale Hurston
The real thing / Henry James
The ones who walk away from Omelas / Ursula K. Le Guin
Bartleby the scrivener / Herman Melville
The tell-tale heart / Edgar Allen Poe
A little burst / Elizabeth Strout
A & P / John Updike
Glossary of terms.
Edition Notes
Previous ed.: 2009.
"Student edition"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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