(P/B) NARRATIVE DISCOURSE REVISITED

Παρουσίαση

When it First appeared in France in 1972, Gerard Genette's now classic Narrative Discourse: An Essay in Method was hailed as a formative text for the contemporary study of narrative. In Narrative Discourse Revisited, which was originally published in 1983 under the title Nouveau discours du recit, Genette both answers critics of the earlier work and provides a better-defined, richer, and more systematic view of narrative form and functioning. This book not only clarifies some of the more complex issues in the study of narrative but also provides a vivid tableau of the development of narratology over the decade between the two works. (From the publisher)

"Although Gerard Genette modestly call's 'this little book... no more than a sort of postscript' to his Narrative Discourse,... it marks a long-awaited event in the American community of narrative theorists. Readers will find the style of this book logical, amusing, and disarmingly self-conscious... For anyone who wants to know what the strengths and limitations of narratology are, [this book is] essential reading." (Choice)
"Narrative Discourse Revisited is an indispensable complement to Narrative Discourse. Anyone who's read the earlier book will want to read the later, and anyone who hasn't should read both." (Gerald Prince, University of Pennsylvania)

Περιεχόμενα

Preamble
Foreword
Introduction
Order
Speed
Frequency
Mood
Distance?
Narrative of words
Narrative of thoughts?
Perspective
Focalizations
Voice
Level
Person (I)
Person (II)
Narrative situations
The narrate
Implied author, implied reader?
Afterword
Bibliography
Index of authors and titles