Contemporary Narrative
Subtitle: Textual production, multimodality and multiliteracies
Publisher: Continuum International Pub. Group
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 169
ISBN-13: 9781441150998
Subjects: Semiotics; Literature; Narration (Rhetoric); Creative writing; Technique; Language and culture; Fiction
Description: Contemporary Narrative introduces key issues and trends in contemporary narrative studies. Taking a case study approach, it traces key narrative developments in the context of a range of theoretical approaches, including multimodality, multilingualism and transliteracy. It offers students of contemporary narrative an overview of the way in which twenty-first century narratives are constructed and the extent to which their construction depends on a range of social, cultural, linguistic and technological factors as well as on individual creativity and expressivity. The book brings together insig.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 New Perspectives on Narrative; Chapter 2 Intermodal Translation: Verbal and Visual Narratives; Chapter 3 Intermedial Translation:Narrative across Media; Chapter 4 Intercultural Translation: Language and Culture as Narrative Resource; Chapter 5 Cultural Transformations of Narrative; Chapter 6 Narratives of Travel and Travelling Narratives; Chapter 7 Contemporary Narratives:Concluding Remarks; Glossary of Key Terms and Concepts; References; Further Reading; Index.