Studying fiction: A guide and study programme

by Roy Johnson

Book Overview

This guide offers an introduction to the basic skills and intellectual tools required for making a study of fiction. It presents an explanation of the most common features of prose, using practical examples drawn from six short stories which are included as part of the study programme. The book is carefully structured in logical steps intended to lead the reader from attentive reading (to help produce a description of the piece), through analysis...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719033977
• ISBN13: 9780719033971
• Release Date: November 1991
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"