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The Cambridge introduction to narrative
| Responsibility | H. Porter Abbott |
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| Material Type | Book |
| Publication | Cambridge, U.K. ; New York, N.Y., U.S. : Cambridge University Press , 2002 |
| Language | English |
| Size | xiv, 203 p. : ill. ; 24 cm |
| Abstract | Must-have guides designed to introduce students and teachers to key topics and authors. Must-have guides designed to introduce students and teachers to key topics and authors. |
| Table of Contents | Machine generated contents note: Chapter 1 Narrative and life 1 The universality of narrative 1 Narrative and time 3 Narrative perception 6 Chapter 2 Defining narrative 12 The bare minimum 12 Story and narrative discourse 14 The mediation (construction) of story 17 Constituent and supplementary events 20 Narrativity 22 Chapter 3 The borders of narrative 25 Framing narratives 25 Paratexts 26 The outer limits of narrative 27 Is it narrative or is it life itself? 31 Chapter 4 The rhetoric of narrative 36 The rhetoric of narrative 36 Causation 37 Normalization 40 Masterplots 42 Narrative rhetoric at work 46 Chapter 5 Closure 51 Conflict: the agon 51 Closure and endings 52 Closure, suspense, and surprise 53 Closure at the level of expectations 54 Closure at the level of questions 56 The absence of closure 57 Chapter 6 Narration 62 A few words on interpretation 62 The narrator 63 Voice 64 Focalization 66 Distance 67 Reliability 69 Free indirect style 70 Narration on stage and screen 72 Chapter 7 Interpreting narrative 76 The implied author 77 Underreading 79 Overreading 82 Gaps 83 Cruxes 85 Repetition: themes and motifs 88 Chapter 8 Three ways to interpret narrative 93 The question of wholeness in narrative 93 Intentional readings 95 Symptomatic readings 97 Adaptive readings 100 Chapter 9 Adaptation across media 105 Adaptation as creative destruction 105 Duration and pace 107 Character 109 Figurative language 111 Gaps 114 Focalization 115 Constraints of the marketplace 118 Chapter 10 Character and self in narrative 123 Character vs. action 123 Flat and round characters 126 Can characters be real? 127 Types 129 Autobiography 131 Life writing as performative 134 Chapter 11 Narrative contestation 138 A contest of narratives 138 A narrative lattice-work 142 Shadow stories 144 Motivation and personality 146 Masterplots and types 148 Revising cultural masterplots 150 Battling narratives are everywhere 152 Chapter 12 Narrative negotiation 156 Narrative negotiation 157 Critical reading as narrative negotiation 162 Closure, one more time 168 The end of closure? 171.show more |
Holdings
| Status | Volume | Location | Call No. | Printed | Collection Name | Barcode No. | Comments | Reserve | Copy | Automatic archive |
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: pbk | Central Library ASRS | 901.3/A 11 | 2005 |
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058212006003128 |
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Bibliographic details
| Notes | Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-186) and indexes |
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| Authors | *Abbott, H. Porter |
| Subjects | LCSH:Narration (Rhetoric) LCSH:Fiction -- Technique All Subject Search |
| Classification | LCC:PN3383.N35 DC21:808 |
| ID | 1001186005 |
| ISBN | 052165033X |
| NCID | BA56449130 |
| Vol | : hbk ; ISBN:052165033X : pbk ; ISBN:0521659698 |
| Created Date | 2009.09.18 |
| Modified Date | 2009.09.18 |