Your primary sources of information will be your own thoughts about the craft/elements of fiction as they relate to particular short stories.
You will consult Appendix Four, "Writing about Short Stories" (1265-1298) for more ideas.
You will study Appendix Five, the "Glossary of Literary Terms" (1299-1307).
All of the information in the paper must be your own work.
You are encouraged to consult the Commentary and Casebooks ar the back of the textbook for assistance on your reading, interpretation of the short stories, quizzes, short papers, and exam.
Finally, you might find "outside readings" to support your analysis.
This LibGuide will show how to find "outside readings," that is critical analyses about short stories in the Berry Library databases.
Develop a Search Strategy for Finding Literary Criticisms of a Short Story
The name of your story will be your first topic.
Put it in "quotation marks" to keep the entire title together when searching in the databases.
Add the term for the craft/elements of fiction you have selected: characters, setting, imagery, theme, etc.
You might also add a third term, like "criticism," although this may not be necessary.
Articles covering the craft/elements of fiction for your story would most likely be criticisms.
The use of "AND" between topics tells the database to conduct a "Boolean AND" search.
A Boolean search increases the precision of your database search.
Articles must have both terms.
Examples:
"The Rocking Horse Winner" AND themes AND criticism
"The Rocking Horse Winner" AND setting
"The Rocking Horse Winner" AND irony
Completed Search Template/Worksheet for "The Rocking Horse Winner"
