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Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?

First published in 1966, the short story “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates is a suspense story about murder and rape.  The principal character of this story is Connie, a fifteen-year old girl immersed in the popular culture of Hollywood, music, shopping, and her own looks.  In the story, Connie’s romantic notions of love collide with the brutal world of adult sexuality with extremely disastrous consequences.

Call Numbers for Browsing the Shelves

• PS3565 .A8
• PZ4 .O122

Circulating Books – A Selected List

• Bloom, Harold (ed.). Joyce Carol Oates. 1987.

                      Call Number: PS3565 .A8 Z73 1987

• Johnson, Greg. Joyce Carol Oates: A Study of the Short Fiction. 1994

                     Call Number: PS3565 .A8 Z69 1994

• Oates, Joyce Carol. Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?: Selected Early Stories. 1980.

                     Call Number: PZ4 .O122 Whe 1993

• Wagner, Linda W. Critical Essays on Joyce Carol Oates. 1979.

                    Call Number: PS3565 .A8 Z63

• Wesley, Marilyn C. Refusal and Transgression in Joyce Carol Oates Fiction. 1993.

                   Call Number: PS3565 .A8 Z96 1993

LINCCWeb online catalog – Search Terms

• Oates, Joyce Carol
• Oates, Joyce Carol – Criticism and Interpretation
• Short Stories, American

Reference Materials

• Contemporary Literary Criticism – Call Number: REF PN771 .C59

o   Vol. 3, pg. 360

o   Vol. 9, pg. 405

o   Vol. 11, pg. 402-03

o   Vol. 19, pg. 349-51

o   Vol. 52, pg. 338

o   Vol. 108, pg. 375, 386

o   Vol. 134, pg. 224-54

• Critical Survey of Short Fiction – Call Number: REF PN3321 .C7 2001

o   Vol. 5, pg. 1775

• Masterplots II: Short Story Series (Revised Edition) – Call Number: REF PN3326 .M27 2004

o   Vol. 8, pg. 4546-48

• Short Story Criticism –  Call Number: REF PN3321 .S5

o   Vol. 6, pg. 238, 244-46

o   Vol. 70, pg. 175, 180, 230, 238, 250, 283-84

• Short Stories for Students – Call Number: REF PN3330 .S386

o   Vol. 1, pg. 257-76

Research Databases

To access Valencia’s research databases, open your Atlas account, select ‘Search the Library’, then select ‘Databases A-Z’.

• Academic Search Complete
• Literature Resources from Gale

This Research Guide is designed to help users find information on a particular topic within the Valencia College East Campus Library. This is by no means a comprehensive list of resources and other resources may be available on this topic.  Please check LINCCWeb, Valencia East’s online catalog, to verify the availability of circulating books within the library.  Feel free to ask a librarian for help if you need further assistance.

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Last Revised on November 21, 2021