Narrative truthiness : the logic of complex truth in hybrid (non)fiction / Annjeanette Wiese.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wiese, Annjeanette, author.

Contributor:

Project Muse.

Series:

Frontiers of narrative

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Truthfulness and falsehood in literature.

Experience in literature.

Subjectivity in literature.

Creative nonfiction--History and criticism.

Creative nonfiction.

Fiction--20th century--History and criticism.

Fiction.

Fiction--21st century--History and criticism.

Postmodernism (Literature).

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2021]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Introduction: Narrative truthiness and hybrid (non)fiction : a call for complexity

Autobiography and memoir. Telling what is true : truthiness and figural truths in Lauren Slater's writing

In pursuit of truth in life narrative : reading Michael Ondaatje's Running in the family

Narrative truthiness and the author-reader contract : the failure of Binjamin Wilkomirski's Holocaust memoir

Fiction. Impossible biographies : theory and (non)fiction in Julian Barnes's Flaubert's parrot

Narrative truthiness, connectivity, and factuality in fiction : the case of Richard Powers's Three farmers

Lost (in) history : fact and fiction in W. G. Sebald's Austerlitz

Other genres and media

Satire and truth : fake news, The Onion, and the complex nature of narrative truthiness

Conflicting categories : graphic narratives and the image of truth

Conclusion: An argument for narrative truthiness : Tim O'Brien and using complex narrative to counter fake news.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Baltimore, MD Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781496228550

1496228553

Publisher Number:

40030714002

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.