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The Cambridge companion to narrative

The Cambridge Companion to Narrative provides a unique and valuable overview of current approaches to narrative study. Featuring a chapter reviewing definitions of narrative, a glossary and a comprehensive index, this book is an essential resource for both students and scholars of literature, literary theory and writing.
Print Book, English, 2007
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2007
Cambridge companion to narrative.
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310 Seiten : Illustrationen.
9780521673662, 9780521856966, 0521673666, 0521856965
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Part I. Preliminaries: 1. Introduction David Herman; 2. Toward a definition of narrative Marie-Laure Ryan; Part II. Studying Narrative Fiction: A Starter-kit: 3. Story, plot, and narration H. Porter Abbott; 4. Time and space Teresa Bridgeman; 5. Character Uri Margolin; 6. Dialogue Bronwen Thomas; 7. Focalization Manfred Jahn; 8. Genre Heta Pyrhönen; Part III. Other Narrative Media (A Selection): 9. Conversational storytelling Neal R. Norrick; 10. Drama and narrative Brian Richardson; 11. Film and television narrative Jason Mittell; 12. Narrative and digital media Nick Montfort; Part IV. Further Contexts for Narrative Study: 13. Gender Ruth Page; 14. Rhetoric/ethics James Phelan; 15. Ideology Luc Herman and Bart Vervaeck; 16. Language Michael Toolan; 17. Cognition, emotion, and consciousness David Herman; 18. Identity/alterity Monika Fludernik; Further reading; Glossary; Index.