Twentieth-century narratology fostered the assumption, which
distinguishes narratology from previous narrative theories, that
all narratives have a narrator. Since the first formulations of
this assumption, however, voices have come forward to denounce
oversimplifications and dangerous confusions of issues.
Optional-Narrator Theory is the first collection of essays to focus
exclusively on the narrator from the perspective of
optional-narrator theories. Sylvie Patron is a prominent advocate
of optional-narrator theories, and her collection boasts essays by
many prominent scholars-including Jonathan Culler and John
Brenkman-and covers a breadth of genres, from biblical narrative to
poetry to comics. This volume bolsters the dialogue among
optional-narrator and pan-narrator theorists across multiple fields
of research. These essays make a strong intervention in
narratology, pushing back against the widespread belief among
narrative theorists in general and theorists of the novel in
particular that the presence of a fictional narrator is a defining
feature of fictional narratives. This topic is an important one for
narrative theory and thus also for literary practice.
Optional-Narrator Theory advances a range of arguments for
dispensing with the narrator, except when it can be said that the
author actually "created" a fictional narrator.
General
| Imprint: |
University of Nebraska Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Frontiers of Narrative |
| Release date: |
February 2021 |
| Editors: |
Sylvie Patron
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| Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
| Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards
|
| Pages: |
318 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-4962-2337-1 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Language & Literature >
Literature: history & criticism >
General
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| LSN: |
1-4962-2337-3 |
| Barcode: |
9781496223371 |
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