"This revised and expanded handbook concisely introduces narrative form to advanced students of fiction and creative writing, with refreshed references and new discussions of cognitive approaches to narrative, nonfiction, and narrative emotions. Beginning with an updated survey of major theorists and approaches, and using clearly defined terms, Narrative Form explains critical vocabulary and offers a variety of strategies for analyzing the formal qualities of narrative. Narrative Form shows how to use the language of formal analysis accurately and innovatively when discussing fictional and nonfictional narratives in a variety of media: stories, novels, films, graphic narratives, and video games"--
This revised and expanded handbook concisely introduces narrative form to advanced students of fiction and creative writing, with refreshed references and new discussions of cognitive approaches to narrative, nonfiction, and narrative emotions. Beginning with an updated survey of major theorists and approaches, and using clearly defined terms, Narrative Form explains critical vocabulary and offers a variety of strategies for analyzing the formal qualities of narrative. Narrative Form shows how to use the language of formal analysis accurately and innovatively when discussing fictional and nonfictional narratives in a variety of media: stories, novels, films, graphic narratives, and video games.
| Preface: Studying Narrative Form |
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1 Major Approaches to and Theorists of Narrative |
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What is narrative fiction? |
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Why study narrative form? |
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Major theorists of and approaches to narrative: a selective sketch |
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Studying narrative: selected resources |
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2 Shapes of Narrative: A Whole of Parts |
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3 Narrative Situation: Who's Who and What's Its Function |
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4 People on Paper: Character, Characterization, and Represented Minds |
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Representing consciousness |
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Characterization and kinds of character |
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5 Plot and Causation: Related Events |
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Typological approaches to plot |
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Feminist critiques of plot and closure |
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Generic approaches to plot |
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6 Timing: How Long and How Often? |
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8 Levels: Realms of Existence |
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9 Fictional Worlds and Fictionality |
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10 Nonfiction and Fiction in Disguise |
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11 Genres and Conventions |
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Appendix A Terms Listed by
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| Appendix B Representative Texts -- A List of Suggested Readings |
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Suzanne Keen is Dean of the College at Washington and Lee University, USA. She writes about narrative empathy and the impact of immersion reading, and her books include Thomas Hardy's Brains, Empathy and the Novel, Romances of the Archive in Contemporary British Fiction, Victorian Renovations of the Novel, and a volume of poetry.
