Story and Structure Author:Laurence Perrine from the Preface: — Story and Structure is written for the college student who is beginning a serious study of fiction. Its initial assumption is that some stories repay more richly than others the time and effort of reading them, and its objective is to help the reader identify, understand, enjoy, and prefer such stories. To this end it examin... more »es the major elements of fiction and suggests some criteria for critical judgment.« less