Randall S. KnoperGray, Janie2024-04-262024-04-262014-092014-0910.7275/6036382https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14394/33942The manner in which a literary work is produced by its author and received by its audience is significantly influenced by the existing prestructures of both the author and the audience. As evidence of this phenomena, this thesis presents a case study of the impact of prestructure on the summation of narrative frames which form Stephen Crane’s The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War.CraneFictionHistoricalPrestructureBiographythesisN/A