On narrative / edited by W. J. T. Mitchell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mitchell, W. J. T. (William John Thomas), 1942-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discourse analysis, Narrative.

Narration (Rhetoric).

Physical Description:

x, 270 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1981.

Contents:

White, H. The value of narrativity in the representation of reality.

Schafer, R. Narration in the psychoanalytic dialogue.

Derrida, J. The law of genre.

Kermode, F. Secrets and narrative sequence.

Goodman, N. Twisted tales.

Chatman, S. What novels can do that films can't (and vice versa).

Turner, V. Social dramas and stories about them.

Ricoeur, P. Narrative time.

LeGuin, U.K. It was a dark and stormy night.

Afterthoughts on narrative: Hernadi, P. On the how, what, and why of narrative. Scholes, R. Language, narrative, and anti-narrative. Smith, B.H. Narrative versions, narrative theories.

Critical response: Mink, L.O. Everyman his or her own annalist.

Waldman, M.R. The otherwise unnoteworthy year 711.

White, H. The narrativization of real events.

Goodman, N. The telling and the told.

Chatman, S. Reply to Barbara Herrnstein Smith.

Notes:

"The articles in this volume originally appeared in Critical inquiry, volume 7, number 1 (Autumn 1980)."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0226532178 :

OCLC:

6790570