Towards a postmodern theory of narrative

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gibson, Andrew, Author.

Series:

Postmodern theory Towards a postmodern theory of narrative

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Postmodernism (Literature)--History and criticism.

Postmodernism (Literature).

Narration (Rhetoric).

Fiction.

Criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (300 p.)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] Edinburgh University Press 1996

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This study re-examines narrative theory and outlines the consequences for narratology of deconstructive, poststructuralist and more recent theory. Andrew Gibson assesses the extent to which narrative theory might be rethought in their light, drawing on the work of Derrida, Deleuze, Lyotard and Foucault. Consistently relating his theoretical investigations to critical practice, Gibson makes telling and perceptive analyses of a variety of twentieth-centry texts including work by Joyce, Fielding, Beckett, Lawrence, Woolf, R L Stevenson, Kundera, Tarkovsky and others. This is an important contribution to contemporary work on narrative.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1. Narrative Force

Chapter 2. Deconstructing Representation: Narrative as Inauguration

Chapter 3. Interrogation of Thematics: Narrative and the Hymen

Chapter 4. Narrative, Voices, Writing

Chapter 5. Narrative and the

Chapter 6. Narrative Laterality

Chapter 7. Narrative and Monstrosity

Appendix

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

0-585-12406-X