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