Comments on: Reference Question of the Week – 7/31/11 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2011/08/06/reference-question-of-the-week-73111/ or, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Fear and Loathing at a Public Library Reference Desk Wed, 07 Oct 2015 23:53:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.3.1 By: Allison http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2011/08/06/reference-question-of-the-week-73111/#comment-3312 Fri, 12 Aug 2011 03:14:37 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=2316#comment-3312 I really enjoyed this post! In poetry, a work created in this style is called a pantoum.
http://www.rbuhsd.k12.ca.us/~rgrow/Pantoums.html

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By: claritza http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2011/08/06/reference-question-of-the-week-73111/#comment-3236 Mon, 08 Aug 2011 21:33:00 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=2316#comment-3236 As a teacher, it bugs me when other teachers give students questions that require this much effort from this many adults/professionals to answer. “Does this question have a name, and if so, what is it?” is a poorly written question.

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By: silvia http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2011/08/06/reference-question-of-the-week-73111/#comment-3221 Sun, 07 Aug 2011 21:27:42 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=2316#comment-3221 http://www.suzanne-williams.com/endings.htm

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By: Brian Herzog http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2011/08/06/reference-question-of-the-week-73111/#comment-3219 Sun, 07 Aug 2011 13:31:47 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=2316#comment-3219 Thank you everyone – this is exactly what I was hoping for. I don’t often crowd-source reference questions, but it’s nice to know it produces results so quickly.

In reading through the terms on the link submitted by @Mary Jo, it looks like Circular Structure is exactly what this patron is looking for. But it’s also fun that this question is so open-ended and the student has so many options to work with – bookended it interesting too. Thanks again!

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By: Amanda http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2011/08/06/reference-question-of-the-week-73111/#comment-3215 Sat, 06 Aug 2011 20:43:24 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=2316#comment-3215 Out of all the terms and words I’ve seen so far, Mary Jo’s sounds perfect. Especially if you look at the literary purpose of having the same beginning and end sentences in the book:

“Hinton’s act of ending the novel by circling back to its beginning provides a balanced symmetry to the story’s structure. More important, however, Ponyboy’s ability to tie the story up so neatly shows that he has dealt with these traumatic events in a healthy way.”

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/outsiders/section6.rhtml

What’s kind of great about the teacher’s question is that it is relatively open-ended. The student can actually answer it as “The closest term I could find is x.”

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By: Mary Jo http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2011/08/06/reference-question-of-the-week-73111/#comment-3213 Sat, 06 Aug 2011 18:27:26 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=2316#comment-3213 From a literary term list produced by Carson-Newman College (TN):

FRAMING METHOD: Using the same features, wording, setting, situation, or topic at both the beginning and end of a literary work so as to “frame” it or “enclose it.” This technique often provides a sense of cyclical completeness or closure.

http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/lit_terms_F.html#frame_narrative_anchor

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By: Adam Steele http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2011/08/06/reference-question-of-the-week-73111/#comment-3211 Sat, 06 Aug 2011 17:49:55 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=2316#comment-3211 I’m going to agree with M. Ogle and say that the teacher was thinking about “Book Ending.” Though it’s usually only associated with film, I suppose it’s still the same thing in a book.

http://www.filmsite.org/filmterms3.html

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By: Teaspoon http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2011/08/06/reference-question-of-the-week-73111/#comment-3210 Sat, 06 Aug 2011 17:22:11 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=2316#comment-3210 The literary term for the identical opening and closing is “framing” or “framing device.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Framing_device

See also “frame narrative.”

http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~felluga/guide.html#frame

See also “framing method.”

http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/lit_terms_f.html

These aren’t the most authoritative resources, obviously, but hopefully it will help you look it up in something of higher quality.

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By: Dan Curry http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2011/08/06/reference-question-of-the-week-73111/#comment-3208 Sat, 06 Aug 2011 14:57:55 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=2316#comment-3208 There is an element in Greek literature called the “inclusio.” This isn’t quite the same as what you’ve described. Basically, to frame a historical passage in such a way as to indicate the main eyewitness(es) of the passage, the eyewitnesses are mentioned at the beginning of the passage and the end, sometimes in vague ways.

Which makes me think that you might want to venture into Greek literary devices for an answer.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inclusio

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By: hldavids http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2011/08/06/reference-question-of-the-week-73111/#comment-3207 Sat, 06 Aug 2011 14:50:12 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=2316#comment-3207 I remember discussing this construction in Freshman (high school) English – and I believe our instructor also simply referred to it as circular construction. Unfortunately I do not find any authoritative sites using this term – the Finnegans Wake wiki entry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnegans_Wake) says instead cyclical in nature. We also used the term parallelism in high school – which is how this construction is referred to on the following page: http://www.writing-lovers.com/parallelism-in-prose.html.

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