| Edition |
2nd ed. |
| Description |
xvii, 252 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Cambridge introductions to literature |
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Cambridge introductions to literature.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-227) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Narrative and life. The universality of narrative ; Narrative and time ; Narrative perception -- Defining narrative. The bare minimum ; Story and narrative discourse ; The mediation (construction) of story ; Constituent and supplementary events ; Narrativity -- The borders of narrative. Framing narratives ; Paratexts ; The outer limits of narrative ; Hypertext narrative ; Is it narrative or is it life itself? -- The rhetoric of narrative. The rhetoric of narrative ; Causation ; Normalization ; Masterplots ; Narrative rhetoric at work -- Closure. Conflict : the agon ; Closure and endings ; Closure, suspense, and surprise ; Closure at the level of expectations; Closure at the level of questions ; The absence of closure -- Narration. A few words on interpretation ; The narrator ; Does the narrator narrate everything? ; Voice ; Focalization ; Distance ; Reliability ; Free indirect style ; Narration on stage and screen -- Interpreting narrative. The implied author ; Underreading ; Gaps ; Cruxes ; Repetition : themes and motifs -- Three ways to interpret narrative. The question of wholeness in narrative ; Intentional readings ; Symptomatic readings ; Adaptive readings -- Adaptation across media. Adaptation as creative destruction ; Duration and pace ; Character; Figurative language ; Gaps ; Focalization ; Constraints of the marketplace -- Character and self in narrative. Character vs. action ; Flat and round characters ; Can characters be real? ; Types ; Autobiography ; Life writing as performative -- Narrative and truth. Fiction and nonfiction ; How do we know if it's fiction or nonfiction ; Historical fact in fiction ; The truth of fiction -- Narrative worlds. Narrative space ; The mind of the storyworld ; Multiple worlds : forking-path narratives ; Multiple worlds : narrative metalepsis -- Narrative contestation. A contest of narratives ; A narrative lattice-work ; Shadow stories ; Motivation and personality ; Masterplots and types ; Revising cultural masterplots ; Battling narratives are everywhere -- Narrative negotiation. Narrative negotiation ; Critical reading as narrative negotiation ; Closure, one more time ; The end of closure? |
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Narration (Rhetoric)
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Fiction -- Technique.
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English literature -- History and criticism.
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Fiction -- Technique. (OCoLC)fst00923755
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Narration (Rhetoric) (OCoLC)fst01032927
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Erzählforschung.
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Erzählforschung.
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Erzähltechnik.
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Erzähltheorie.
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Erzählforschung. (DE-588)4152968-6
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Erzähltheorie. (DE-588)4152975-3
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| Indexed Term |
Fiction Technique |
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Narration (Rhetoric) |
| ISBN |
9780521887199 (hardback) |
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0521887194 (hardback) |
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9780521715157 (paperback) |
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0521715156 (paperback) |
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