Stoner story
Stoner has been categorized under the genre of the academic novel, or the campus novel. Stoner follows William Stoner's undistinguished career and workplace politics, his marriage to Edith, his affair with his colleague Katherine, and his love and pursuit of literature.
17 total · 7 choice · 6 major · 4 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| academic occupation | choice | Most of the novel is set on a campus, and the we follow the protagonist's career as a professor of English literature. |
| clash of wills | choice | much of the novel is taken up by the battle for moral supremacy in Stone's marriage |
| husband and wife | choice | Stoner and Edith |
| integrity | choice | the novel highlighted Stoner's sense of integrity, and other character's spinelessness, when faced with Lomax' blatantly corrupt behavior |
| office politics | choice | Stoner and Lomax are at the center of an evermore important tangle of intrigues |
| teaching occupation | choice | The story placed much focus on Stoner's unambitious passion for simply teaching young people about literature. |
| workplace rivalry | choice | the direction of the novel is towards evermore focus on the rivalry between profs. Stoner and Lomax |
| extramarital affair | major | Stoner had an extramarital affair that was an important component in his life. |
| father and daughter | major | Stoner and his daughter was a prevalent component on the nuptial battle ground |
| favoritism at work | major | Stoner was persecuted by Lomax because he refused to let Lomax' favorite, albeit incompetent, student pass. |