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A Companion to Narrative Theory
Contributor(s): Phelan, James (Editor), Rabinowitz, Peter J. (Editor)

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ISBN: 1405114762     ISBN-13: 9781405114769
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: August 2005
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Annotation: The 35 original essays in "A Companion to Narrative Theory" constitute the best available introduction to this vital and contested field of humanistic enquiry. The essays represent all the major critical approaches to narrative - narratological, rhetorical, feminist, post-structuralist, historicist - and investigate and debate the relations among them. In addition, they stretch the boundaries of the field by considering narratives in different disciplines, such as law and medicine, and in a variety of media, including film, music, and painting.

The volume is divided into six parts: competing accounts of the history of the field; examinations of recurrent problems; suggestions for theoretical revisions and innovations; explorations of the relations among form, history, politics, and ethics; analyses of the way narrative operates in different disciplines and in media beyond the written word; and speculations about the future of narrative and of narrative theory. At the same time, it offers provocative analyses of a wide range of works, both canonical and popular, from the Bible through novels by Dickens, Woolf, and Arundhati Roy on to Bernard Herrmann's film music and the action paintings of Jackson Pollock. Among its contributors are many of the leading figures in the field, including such early pioneers as Wayne C. Booth, Seymour Chatman, J. Hillis Miller, and Gerald Prince.



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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory
Dewey: 809.923
LCCN: 2004025184
Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture (Hardcover)
Physical Information: 1.42" H x 6.92" W x 10.06" L (2.53 lbs) 592 pages
Features: Dust Cover, Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
Review Citations: Choice 02/01/2006 pg. 999
 
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Publisher Description:
The 35 original essays in A Companion to Narrative Theory constitute the best available introduction to this vital and contested field of humanistic enquiry.
  • Comprises 35 original essays written by leading figures in the field
  • Includes contributions from pioneers in the field such as Wayne C. Booth, Seymour Chatman, J. Hillis Miller and Gerald Prince
  • Represents all the major critical approaches to narrative and investigates and debates the relations between them
  • Considers narratives in different disciplines, such as law and medicine
  • Features analyses of a variety of media, including film, music, and painting
  • Designed to be of interest to specialists, yet accessible to readers with little prior knowledge of the field
 
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