Narrative as communication / Didier Coste ; foreword by Wlad Godzich.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Coste, Didier.

Series:

Theory and history of literature ; v. 64.

Theory and history of literature ; v. 64

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discourse analysis, Literary.

Discourse analysis, Narrative.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (394 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c1989.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The first major treatise on narrative and narrative theory to make use of all the analytic tools developed in the last two decades.

Contents:

Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1. The Nature and Purpose of Narratology; 2. The Structure and Formation of Narrative Meaning; 3. Narrative and Verbal Art: Literariness in Communication; 4. A Manmade Universe? or, The Question of Fictionality; 5. Who's Who and Who Does What in the Tale Told; 6. Voices: Knowing, Telling, and Showing It or Not; 7. Binding and Unfolding: on Narrative Syntax; 8. Narrative Economy: A Dissident Approach to Logic and Necessity; 9. Narrative within Genres and Media; 10. What Tales Tell Us to Do and Think, and How (Narrative and Didactic Constructions of Meaning)

NotesBibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-8296-8

OCLC:

476092960