Living to tell about it : a rhetoric and ethics of character narration / James Phelan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Phelan, James, 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American prose literature--20th century--History and criticism.

American prose literature.

Characters and characteristics in literature.

Ethics in literature.

Narration (Rhetoric).

Physical Description:

xiv, 236 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2005.

Contents:

Introduction : disclosure functions, narrator functions, and the distinctiveness of character narration, or, A rhetoric and ethics of "Barbie-Q"

The implied author, unreliability, and ethical positioning : The remains of the day

Unreliable narration, restricted narration, and the implied author in memoir : Angela's ashes and (a glance at) 'Tis

Dual focalization, discourse as story, and ethics : Lolita

Suppressed narration in confessional memoir : The kiss

Progression and audience engagement in lyric narratives : "Now I lay me" and "Doc's story"

Epilogue : serial narration, observer narration, and mask narration.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [221]-228) and index.

ISBN:

0801442974

0801489288

OCLC:

54913685