An Introduction to the Analysis of Fiction
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Michael K Walonen, Saint Peter's University
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Publisher: Saint Peter's University Press
Language: English
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Table of Contents
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Front Matter And Preface To The Instructor
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Main Body
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Chapter 1: What Is Fiction As A Genre Of Writing And Where Did It Come From? What Is Analysis?
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Chapter 2: Some General Considerations Regarding Textual Analysis
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Chapter 3: Analyzing Plot Structure
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Chapter 4: Analyzing Point Of View
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Chapter 5: Analyzing Characterization
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Chapter 6: Analyzing Setting
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Chapter 7: What Is Theme And How Do We Analyze Its Development?
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Chapter 8: Analyzing Symbolism
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Chapter 9: Analyzing Allusion And Intertextuality
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Chapter 10: Writing Analyses Of Works Of Fiction
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Chapter 11: Sample Student Analytic Essays
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Appendix
About the Book
An introductory primer introducing undergraduate students to the methodology of analyzing works of fiction.
About the Contributors
Author
Michael K. Walonen is an Associate Professor of English at Saint Peter’s University who specializes in world literature and postcolonial studies. He is the author of the books Imagining Neoliberal Globalization in Contemporary World Literature, Contemporary World Narrative Fiction and the Spaces of Neoliberalism, and Writing Tangier in the Postcolonial Transition: Space and Power in Expatriate and North African Literature, as well as articles that have appeared in journals including Interdisciplinary Literary Studies, ARIEL: A Review of International English Literature, LIT: Literature, Interpretation, Theory, Studies in Travel Writing, African Literature and Culture, and Frontiers: The International Journal of Study Abroad, and in the collections Geocritical Explorations, William T. Vollmann: A Critical Companion, and Biopolitics and Memory in Postcolonial Literature and Culture.