Research Gathering form 6

Article 6

AUTHOR OF ARTICLE OR SOURCE

Ira Johnson

TITLE OF ARTICLE OR SOURCE

. "Faulkner’s ‘Dry September’ and Caldwell’s ‘Saturday Afternoon’: An Exercise in Practical

Criticism."

OTHER WORKS CITED INFORMATION

Johnson, Ira. "Faulkner’s ‘Dry September’ and Caldwell’s ‘Saturday Afternoon’: An Exercise in

Practical Criticism." Short Story Criticism, edited by Lawrence J. Trudeau, vol. 222, Gale, 2016.

Gale Literature Criticism, link. gale.com/apps/doc/FWOAHF178342970/LCO?

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WHAT YOU FOUND IN THE ARTICLE

1. ___ Information about the author of one of the stories you are writing about that

relates to the story.

The author notes that "Faulkner had seen it all" (50).

2. ___ Information about the book that the story was published in.

3. ___ Explanation or commentary on the time and place for one of the stories

Johnson notes that the story evokes dynamics "that are both specific to the South of the

United States in the first decades of the 20th century and motifs that reach far beyond that

circumscribed place and period of time” (51).

4. ___ Commentary about (or interpretation of) individual characters in one of the

stories.

5. ___ Commentary about (or interpretation of) specific passages, sections, incidents,

or elements of one of the stories.

The author discusses several sections; "A man's world, portrait of a Southern lady and

The Posse and Saturday Night Hysteria among others.

6. Commentary on (or interpretation of) the ending of one of the stories.

The author discusses the ending of the story and notes that "McLendon goes through the

house ripping off his shirt….the imagery used in this passage clearly suggests that

McLendon is little more than an ape, caged in by his hatred for Blacks, women, and

perhaps ultimately for himself” (54).

7. ___ An idea you had not thought of, about a character, or about any aspect of the

story, or about the whole story itself.

8. ___ Information about why the author wrote the story, or what motivated the

author to write the story, or about what the author’s purpose was in writing it.

9. ___ Information from outside of the story, about something real or historical that, is

very important to the story.

10. ___ Commentary or statements about the overall meaning or significance of a short

story, or commentary or statement about a major issue that one of the stories deals

with.