The dynamics of narrative form : studies in Anglo-American narratology /

Biographical note: John Pier is professor of English and American literature at the Universit Fran ois Rabelais de Tours and associate member of the Centre de recherches sur les arts et la litt rature at the Centre National de Recherche Scientifique in Paris, France.

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Corporate Authors: Congress of the European Society for the Study of English Strasburg); De Gruyter.; ebrary, Inc.; European Society for the Study of English
Group Author: Pier, John
Published: De Gruyter,
Publisher Address: Berlin ; New York :
Publication Dates: 2011.
©2005
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Narratologia ; volume 4
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Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9783110922646
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Summary: Biographical note: John Pier is professor of English and American literature at the Universit Fran ois Rabelais de Tours and associate member of the Centre de recherches sur les arts et la litt rature at the Centre National de Recherche Scientifique in Paris, France.
Main description: Sp testens das Aufkommen der "Postclassical Narratology" hat deutlich gemacht, dass eine Bestandsaufnahme f r jene Str mungen innerhalb der Erz hltheorie erforderlich ist, die ihre gesicherten Grundlagen hinterfragen. Die im Band versammelten Beitr ge spiegeln die Vielfalt der existierenden Ans tze wider. Sie wenden einige der j ngsten erkenntnistheoretischen Modelle und Methoden an, liefern Antworten auf noch offene Fragen und bieten einen Ausblick auf die zuk nftigen Themen der narratologischen Forschung.
Main description: With the emergence of postclassical narratology, it has become necessary to take stock of ongoing developments against the backdrop of established aspects of research in the field. The contributions to this volume employ some of the recent epistemological and methodological models in an attempt to resolve a number of unsettled issues while charting out potential vistas for new themes in narrative studies.
With the emergence of postclassical narratology, it has become necessary to take stock of ongoing developments against the backdrop of established aspects of research in the field. The contributions to this volume employ some of the recent epistemological and methodological models in an attempt to resolve a number of unsettled issues while charting out potential vistas for new themes in narrative studies
Item Description: Includes index.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (272 pages).
ISBN: 9783110922646
Index Number: PN212
CLC: I045-532
Contents: On Metanarrative: Towards a Definition, a Typology and an Outline of the Functions of Metanarrative Commentary; (Un-)Reliable Narration from a Pronominal Perspective; A Plea for a Narrator-Centered Narratology; Focalization between Classical and Postclassical Narratology; Transgeneric Narratology: Applications to Lyric Poetry; Ontological Plotting: Narrative as a Multiplicity of Temporal Dimensions; Overhearing Narrative; Graded Expectations: On the Textual and Structural. Shaping of Readers' Narrative Experience; Narrative Configurations; NAME INDEX.