Perrines Story and Structure

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Perrines Story and Structure
Chapter One
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Commercial/Escape Fiction
Literary/interpretive Fiction
Written to broaden, deepen, and sharpen our
awareness of life
Written for entertainment
Takes us away from reality
Takes us deeper into reality
Objective is pleasure
Objective is understanding
Presents an insight--large or small-- into the
nature of our existence
World of Fiction
Most Dangerous Game
The Child by Tiger
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Characters Sympathetic hero or heroine/often
stock figures (explained on p.
123) Structure A Plot which emphasizes action
and suspense Ending A happy one that doesn't
move the reader beyond one plane of
reality Theme (if there is one) usually a
message that is rooted in predictability
Fixed demands of readers of
Commercial Fiction
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Thomas Wolfe 1900-1938
Biographical Information
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Tiger, Tiger by William Blake Tiger,
Tiger burning bright In the forests of the
night, What immortal hand or eye Could shape
thy fearful symmetry? What the hammer? What the
chain? In what furnace was thy brain? What
the anvil? What dread grasp Dare its deadly
terrors clasp? When the stars threw down their
spears, And water'd heaven with their tears,
Did He smile His work to see? Did He who made
the lamb make thee?
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Regarding the formulation of a theme
Most Dangerous Game Direct references to
terror/fear Pars. 184, 195, 198
The Child by Tiger Direct references to the
Tiger in the poem Pars. 3, 7, 13, 19, 85 Also,
regarding the Tigers symmetry Pars 4, 6, 12,
14, 26, 70, 79, 85, 87, 91, 102 Thread references
to central truth Pars 36,37,59,60,61,107,109,128
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Theme for Child By Tiger
The soul of every person is mysterious in its
origins and contains unfathomed possibilities for
evil and violence as well as for innocence and
love.
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Ernest Hemingway Africa, 1933