Literature structure, sound, and sense - Perrine, Laurence; Arf, Thomas (New York Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1983)
Table of Contents: Preface -- Fiction. The Elements of Fiction: 1. Escape and Interpretation -- 2. Plot -- 3. Character -- 4. Theme -- 5. Point of View -- 6. Symbol and Irony -- 7. Emotion and Humor -- 8. Fantasy -- 9. The Scale of Value -- Stories for Further Reading -- Poetry. The Elements of Poetry: 1. What Is Poetry? -- 2. Reading the Poem -- 3. Denotation and Connotation -- 4. Imagery -- 5. Figurative Language 1. Metaphor, Personification, Metonymy -- 15. Bad Poetry and Good -- 16. Good Poetry and Great -- Poems for Further Reading -- Drama. The Elements of Drama: 1. The Nature of Drama -- 2. Realistic and Nonrealistic Drama -- 3. Tragedy and Comedy -- Plays for Further Reading -- Appendix 1: Writing about Literature -- Appendix 2: The Source of Othello -- Glossary of Fictional Terms -- Glossary of Poetic Terms -- Glossary of Dramatic Terms -- Index of Authors, Titles, and First Lines.
Includes index.
Keywords: Literature -- Collections