Genetic Narratology : Analysing Narrative Across Versions.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hulle, Dirk van, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science and the humanities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (322 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK : Open Book Publishers, 2024.

Summary:

Genetic Narratology is the first full-length volume to merge genetic criticism with narratology, offering an innovative approach to understanding literature. By examining the creative process behind literary works through drafts, manuscripts and revisions, this book reveals how narratives are shaped in real time. Through diverse case studies-from Charlotte Brontë to Stephen King-this collection demonstrates how the material processes of writing influence narrative structure, pacing, and even the 'untold'. By integrating genetic criticism with narratological methods, contributors explore how stories evolve, providing fresh insights into time, space, character, and suspense. Bridging the gap between the production and reception of texts, this volume makes a compelling case for incorporating genetic methods into broader narratological frameworks, enhancing not only our understanding of the genesis of literary works, ultimately enriching the reading experience, but also our awareness of the ways we narrativize this genesis. The book will be of interest to students and researchers alike, offering a new set of tools for analysing narrative across different versions.

Contents:

Intro

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Acknowledgments

Notes on Contributors

1. An Introduction to Genetic Narratology: Geneses of Narratives and Narratives of Geneses

Dirk Van Hulle

2. Metagenesis: Manuscripts, and How Metanarration and Metafiction Contribute to Their Analysis

Karin Kukkonen

3.The Structures of Narrative Imagination: Reading an Outline of Theodor Fontane's Novel Die Poggenpuhls as a Test Case for Genetic Narratology

Matthias Grüne

4. A Lodger Returns: Change in Narrative Voice Across Epigenetic Versions and Works

Josefine Hilfling

5. Melville's Cancelled Note-to-Self: The Development of a 'Ragged' Narrative Across the Drafts of Billy Budd

Charles Mascia

6. 'The puzzle pieces fit too late': Posthumous Narratological Changes in Arthur Quiller-Couch and Daphne Du Maurier's Castle Dor

Claire Qu

7. Prototyping the Narrative Skeleton: Story Structure, Types of Narration and Vestigial Elements in the Genesis of James Joyce's 'Ithaca' Episode

Joris Žiliukas

8. Drafting 'Anon' and Killing Anon: Virginia Woolf and the Genesis of English Literary Language

Joshua Phillips

9. Beckett's 'Arabian Nights of the Mind': Unnarratability, Denarrat(ivisat)ion and Narrative Closure in the Radio Play Cascando

Pim Verhulst

10. A Genetic and Biographical Analysis of Barbara Pym's Companion Character

Jane Loughman.

11. Also for Irony: Historical Realism and the Move of a Chapter for the Final Version of V. (1963), by Thomas Pynchon

Luc Herman and John M. Krafft

12. You Don't Get Scared of Monsters, You Get Scared for People: Creating Suspense across Versions in Stephen King's IT

Vincent Neyt

13. Genetic Narratology and the Novelistic Cycle across Versions

Lars Bernaerts

14. 'Indolence, interruption, business, and pleasure': Narratological Rupture in The Last Samurai

Kaia Sherry

15. Nanogenetic Econarratology: Where Narratology Meets Keystroke Logging Data

Lamyk Bekius

16. On the Value of Variants and Textual Genesis for Interpretation: Some Remarks on a New Relationship between Historical-Critical Editing, Genetic Criticism and Narratology

Rüdiger Nutt-Kofoth

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-80511-400-X

1-80511-401-8

OCLC:

1507843736