The Cambridge companion to narrative theory / edited by Matthew Garrett, Wesleyan University.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Garrett, Matthew, editor.

Series:

Cambridge companions to topics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Narration (Rhetoric).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 277 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2018.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

Narrative theory is essential to everything from history to lyric poetry, from novels to the latest Hollywood blockbuster. Narrative theory explores how stories work and how we make them work. This Companion is both an introduction and a contribution to the field. It presents narrative theory as an approach to understanding all kinds of cultural production: from literary texts to historiography, from film and videogames to philosophical discourse. It takes the long historical view, outlines essential concepts, and reflects on the way narrative forms connect with and rework social forms. The volume analyzes central premises, identifies narrative theory's feminist foundations, and elaborates its significance to queer theory and issues of race. The specially commissioned essays are exciting to read, uniting accessibility and rigor, traditional concerns with a renovated sense of the field as a whole, and analytical clarity with stylistic dash. Topical and substantial, The Cambridge Companion to Narrative Theory is an engaging resource on a key contemporary concept.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 12 Nov 2018).

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Print version:

ISBN:

9781108639149

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.