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001 2007050512
003 DLC
005 20080617085138.0
008 071210s2008 enka b 001 0 eng
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035 $a(OCoLC)ocn183392815
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040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
050 00 $aPN3383.N35$bA23 2008
082 00 $a808$222
100 1 $aAbbott, H. Porter.
245 14 $aThe Cambridge introduction to narrative /$cH. Porter Abbott.
250 $a2nd ed.
260 $aCambridge ;$aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c2008.
300 $axvii, 252 p. :$bill. ;$c23 cm.
440 0 $aCambridge introductions to literature
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 223-227) and indexes.
505 0 $a1. Narrative and life : the universality of narrative ; Narrative and time ; Narrative perception -- 2. Defining narrative : The bare minimum ; Story and narrative discourse ; The mediation (construction) of story ; Constituent and supplementary events ; Narrativity -- 3. The borders of narrative : Framing narratives ; Paratexts ; The outer limits of narrative ; Hypertext narrative ; Is it narrative or is it life itself? -- 4. The rhetoric of narrative : The rhetoric of narrative ; Causation ; Normalization ; Masterplots ; Narrative rhetoric at work -- 5. Closure : Conflict: the agon ; Closure and endings ; Closure, suspense, and surprise ; Closure at the level of expectations; Closure at the level of questions ; The absence of closure -- 6. Narration : A few words on interpretation ; The narrator ; Does the narrator narrate everything? ; Voice ; Focalization ; Distance ; Reliability ; Free indirect style ; Narration on stage and screen -- 7. Interpreting narrative : The implied author ; Underreading ; Gaps ; Cruxes ; Repetition: themes and motifs -- 8. Three ways to interpret narrative : The question of wholeness in narrative ; Intentional readings ; Symptomatic readings ; Adaptive readings -- 9. Adaptation across media : Adaptation as creative destruction ; Duration and pace ; Character; Figurative language ; Gaps ; Focalization ; Constraints of the marketplace -- 10. Character and self in narrative : Character vs. action ; Flat and round characters ; Can characters be real? ; Types ; Autobiography ; Life writing as performative -- 11. Narrative and truth : Fiction and nonfiction ; How do we know if it's fiction or nonfiction ; Historical fact in fiction ; The truth of fiction -- 12. Narrative worlds : Narrative space ; The mind of the storyworld ; Multiple worlds: forking-path narratives ; Multiple worlds: narrative metalepsis -- 13. Narrative contestation : A contest of narratives ; A narrative lattice-work ; Shadow stories ; Motivation and personality ; Masterplots and types ; Revising cultural masterplots ; Battling narratives are everywhere -- 14. Narrative negotiation : Narrative negotiation ; Critical reading as narrative negotiation ; Closure, one more time ; The end of closure?
650 0 $aNarration (Rhetoric)
650 0 $aFiction$xTechnique.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0806/2007050512-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0806/2007050512-d.html
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0806/2007050512-t.html