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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.
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.
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 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.
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Winter Magic (Paperback)
Abi Elphinstone; Contributions by Amy Alward, Emma Carroll, Berlie Doherty, Jamila Gavin, …
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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
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.
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