Narratology

This book is a standard work for modern narrative theory. It provides a terminological and theoretical system of reference for future research. The author explains and discusses in detail problems of communication structure and entities of a narrative work, point of view, the relationship between narrator's text and character's text, narrativity and eventfulness, and narrative transformations of happenings. The book outlines a theory of narration and analyses central narratological categories such as fiction, mimesis, author, reader, narrator etc. A detailed bibliography and glossary of narratological terms make this book a compendium of narrative theory which is of relevance for scholars and students of all literary disciplines.

Author: Wolf Schmid
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: de Gruyter
Published: 05/27/2010
Series: de Gruyter Textbook
Pages: 270
Weight: 0.9lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9783110226317