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The Catcher in the Rye

Pre-reading
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full title  · The Catcher in the Rye

author  · J. D. Salinger

type of work  · Novel

genre  · Coming-of-age novel

language  · English

time and place written  · Late 1940s–early 1950s, New York

date of first publication  · July 1951; parts of the novel appeared as short stories in Collier’s, December 1945, and in The New Yorker, December 1946

As you’re reading and as we will discuss in class, take notes of the following (you will be responsible for this information):

narrator  

point of view  

tone  

setting - time & place

protagonist  

major conflict  

rising action

climax  

falling action  

themes

foreshadowing  

Your test will be multiple choice and essay format. The questions will regard all of the preceding.

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