On narrative

Other Authors: Mitchell, W. J. T. 1942-
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1981.
Physical Description: x, 270 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
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Table of Contents:
  • White, H. The value of narrativity in the representation of reality.
  • Schafer, R. Narration in the psychoanalytic dialogue.
  • Derrida, J. The law of genre.
  • Kermode, F. Secrets and narrative sequence.
  • Goodman, N. Twisted tales.
  • Chatman, S. What novels can do that films can't (and vice versa).
  • Turner, V. Social dramas and stories about them.
  • Ricoeur, P. Narrative time.
  • LeGuin, U.K. It was a dark and stormy night.
  • Afterthoughts on narrative: Hernadi, P.
  • On the how, what, and why of narrative. Scholes, R. Language, narrative, and anti-narrative. Smith, B.H. Narrative versions, narrative theories.
  • Critical response: Mink, L.O. Everyman his or her own annalist.
  • Waldman, M.R. The otherwise unnoteworthy year 711.
  • White, H. The narrativization of real events.
  • Goodman, N. The telling and the told.
  • Chatman, S. Reply to Barbara Herrnstein Smith.