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Debating rhetorical narratology : on the synthetic, mimetic, and thematic aspects of narrative / Matthew Clark and James Phelan.

Van Pelt Library P302.7 .C57 2020
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Clark, Matthew, 1948- author.
Phelan, James, 1951- author.
Series:
Theory and interpretation of narrative series
Theory and interpretation of narrative
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Discourse analysis, Narrative.
Narration (Rhetoric).
Physical Description:
xi, 232 pages ; 23 cm.
Place of Publication:
Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2020]
Summary:
"Two narratologists engage in a lively debate about three core concepts in rhetorical narratology, the mimetic, thematic, and synthetic. Grounded in narratives ranging from the Iliad to Beloved, the debate shows the power of both narrative theory and narrative itself"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
The synthetic aspect / Matthew Clark
The mimetic aspect / Matthew Clark
The thematic aspect / Matthew Clark
Narrative as rhetoric and the MTS model / James Phelan
The mimetic, the synthetic, and the criterion of correspondence; or audiences, the mimetic illusion, and ghosts / James Phelan
The thematic and the relation between comprehensiveness and correspondence / James Phelan
MTS, fictionality, and nonfiction: Tobias Wolff's “Old China” / James Phelan
“Yes, but . . .” / Matthew Clark.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-224) and index.
ISBN:
9780814214282
0814214282
9780814255773
0814255779
OCLC:
1113350290

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