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Handbook of Diachronic Narratology: Peter Hühn, John Pier, Wolf Schmid Handbook of Diachronic Narratology
Peter Hühn, John Pier, Wolf Schmid
R5,729 Discovery Miles 57 290 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This handbook brings together 42 contributions by leading narratologists devoted to the study of narrative devices in European literatures from antiquity to the present. Each entry examines the use of a specific narrative device in one or two national literatures across the ages, whether in successive or distant periods of time. Through the analysis of representative texts in a range of European languages, the authors compellingly trace the continuities and evolution of storytelling devices, as well as their culture-specific manifestations. In response to Monika Fludernik’s 2003 call for a "diachronization of narratology," this new handbook complements existing synchronic approaches that tend to be ahistorical in their outlook, and departs from postclassical narratologies that often prioritize thematic and ideological concerns. A new direction in narrative theory, diachronic narratology explores previously overlooked questions, from the evolution of free indirect speech from the Middle Ages to the present, to how changes in narrative sequence encoded the shift from a sacred to a secular worldview in early modern Romance literatures. An invaluable new resource for literary theorists, historians, comparatists, discourse analysts, and linguists.

Emerging Vectors of Narratology (Hardcover): Per Krogh Hansen, John Pier, Philippe Roussin, Wolf Schmid Emerging Vectors of Narratology (Hardcover)
Per Krogh Hansen, John Pier, Philippe Roussin, Wolf Schmid
R4,262 Discovery Miles 42 620 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Narratology has been flourishing in recent years thanks to investigations into a broad spectrum of narratives, at the same time diversifying its theoretical and disciplinary scope as it has sought to specify the status of narrative within both society and scientific research. The diverse endeavors engendered by this situation have brought narrative to the forefront of the social and human sciences and have generated new synergies in the research environment. Emerging Vectors of Narratology brings together 27 state-of-the-art contributions by an international panel of authors that provide insight into the wealth of new developments in the field. The book consists of two sections. "Contexts" includes articles that reframe and refine such topics as the implied author, narrative causation and transmedial forms of narrative; it also investigates various historical and cultural aspects of narrative from the narratological perspective. "Openings" expands on these and other questions by addressing the narrative turn, cognitive issues, narrative complexity and metatheoretical matters. The book is intended for narratologists as well as for readers in the social and human sciences for whom narrative has become a crucial matrix of inquiry.

Handbook of Narratology (Hardcover): Peter H uhn, John Pier, Wolf Schmid, Joerg Schoenert Handbook of Narratology (Hardcover)
Peter H uhn, John Pier, Wolf Schmid, Joerg Schoenert
R6,835 Discovery Miles 68 350 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This handbook in English provides a systematic overview of the present state of international research in narratology. Detailed individual studies by internationally renowned narratologists elucidate 34 central terms. The articles present original research contributions and are all structured in a similar manner. Each contains a concise definition and a detailed explanation of the term in question. In a main section they present a critical account of the major research positions and their historical development and indicate directions for future research; they conclude with selected bibliographical references.

Theorizing Narrativity (Hardcover): John Pier, Jose Angel Garcia Landa Theorizing Narrativity (Hardcover)
John Pier, Jose Angel Garcia Landa
R4,829 Discovery Miles 48 290 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Theorizing Narrativity is a collective work by an international array of leading specialists in narrative theory. It provides new perspectives on the nature of narrative, genre theory, narrative semiotics and communication theory. Most contributions center on the specificity of literary fiction, but each chapter investigates a different dimension of narrativity with many issues dealt with in innovative ways (including oral storytelling, the law, video games, causality, intertextuality and the theory of reading). There are chapters by Gerald Prince on narrativehood and narrativity, Meir Sternberg on the narrativity of the law-code, Werner Wolf on chance and Peter Huhn on eventfulness in fiction, Jukka Tyrkkoe on kaleidoscope narratives, Marie-Laure Ryan on transfictionality and computer games, Ansgar Nunning and Roy Sommer as well as Monika Fludernik on the narrativity of drama, Beatriz Penas on (non)standard narrativities, David Rudrum on narrativity and performativity, Michael Toolan on textual guidance, John Pier on causality and retrospection, and Jose Angel Garcia Landa on retelling and represented narrations.

The Dynamics of Narrative Form - Studies in Anglo-American Narratology (Hardcover): John Pier The Dynamics of Narrative Form - Studies in Anglo-American Narratology (Hardcover)
John Pier
R4,403 R3,947 Discovery Miles 39 470 Save R456 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

By redefining established topics of narratology, research has become highly diversified. The contributions to this volume neither synthesize developments nor work from shared postulates, but represent a fresh look at ongoing issues. Some scrutinize focalisation in a linguistic framework or in a poststructuralist vein; others take on reliable and unreliable narration in a pronominal perspective or the "unaddressed" reader who upsets the tidy schemes of narrative communication. Also outlined are a possible worlds approach to narrative time, a systematic treatment of metanarrative and a transgeneric application of narratology to poetry. The sequential ordering of narratives as a way of controlling reader response is examined in one article and in another is seen to elicit intertextual configurations. Both divergent and complementary, the contributions seek to integrate into narratological categories and methods the dynamic processes of narrative itself.

Winter Magic (Paperback): Abi Elphinstone Winter Magic (Paperback)
Abi Elphinstone; Contributions by Amy Alward, Emma Carroll, Berlie Doherty, Jamila Gavin, … 1
R252 R231 Discovery Miles 2 310 Save R21 (8%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

A beautiful and classic anthology of frosty, magical short stories from acclaimed children's writers. The Dreamsnatcher's Abi Elphinstone heads up this gorgeous collection of wintery stories, featuring snow queens, frost fairs, snow dragons and pied pipers . . . from classic children's writers Michelle Magorian, Geraldine McCaughrean, Jamila Gavin, Berlie Doherty, Katherine Woodfine, Piers Torday, Lauren St John, Amy Alward, Michelle Harrison and Emma Carroll. 'Captures all the excitement of the season' The Guardian An unmissable, enchanting treat of a collection that will be enjoyed for years to come, by readers of all ages. Also by Abi Elphinstone: The Dreamsnatcher The Shadow Keeper The Night Spinner Sky Song Everdark (World Book Day) Rumblestar Jungledrop The Crackledawn Dragon Everdark

Contemporary French and Francophone Narratology: John Pier Contemporary French and Francophone Narratology
John Pier
R1,307 Discovery Miles 13 070 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Three Medieval Plays - The Coventry Nativity Play. Everyman. Master Pierre Pathelin (Paperback): John Piers 1912- Allen Three Medieval Plays - The Coventry Nativity Play. Everyman. Master Pierre Pathelin (Paperback)
John Piers 1912- Allen
R540 Discovery Miles 5 400 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Three Medieval Plays - The Coventry Nativity Play. Everyman. Master Pierre Pathelin (Hardcover): John Piers 1912- Allen Three Medieval Plays - The Coventry Nativity Play. Everyman. Master Pierre Pathelin (Hardcover)
John Piers 1912- Allen
R858 Discovery Miles 8 580 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Contemporary French and Francophone Narratology (Hardcover): John Pier Contemporary French and Francophone Narratology (Hardcover)
John Pier
R2,542 R1,562 Discovery Miles 15 620 Save R980 (39%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days
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