The Cambridge introduction to narrative
By: H. Porter Abbott.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; New York, NY, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 203
Subjects: Narration (Rhetoric); Fiction -- Technique.
Other titles: Narrative
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-186) and index.
Table of contents: value: Machine generated contents note: Chapter 1 Narrative and life 1; value: The universality of narrative 1; value: Narrative and time 3; value: Narrative perception 6; value: Chapter 2 Defining narrative 12; value: The bare minimum 12; value: Story and narrative discourse 14; value: The mediation (construction) of story 17; value: Constituent and supplementary events 20; value: Narrativity 22; value: Chapter 3 The borders of narrative 25; value: Framing narratives 25; value: Paratexts 26; value: The outer limits of narrative 27; value: Is it narrative or is it life itself? 31; value: Chapter 4 The rhetoric of narrative 36; value: The rhetoric of narrative 36; value: Causation 37; value: Normalization 40; value: Masterplots 42; value: Narrative rhetoric at work 46; value: Chapter 5 Closure 51; value: Conflict: the agon 51; value: Closure and endings 52; value: Closure, suspense, and surprise 53; value: Closure at the level of expectations 54; value: Closure at the level of questions 56; value: The absence of closure 57; value: Chapter 6 Narration 62; value: A few words on interpretation 62; value: The narrator 63; value: Voice 64; value: Focalization 66; value: Distance 67; value: Reliability 69; value: Free indirect style 70; value: Narration on stage and screen 72; value: Chapter 7 Interpreting narrative 76; value: The implied author 77; value: Underreading 79; value: Overreading 82; value: Gaps 83; value: Cruxes 85; value: Repetition: themes and motifs 88; value: Chapter 8 Three ways to interpret narrative 93; value: The question of wholeness in narrative 93; value: Intentional readings 95; value: Symptomatic readings 97; value: Adaptive readings 100; value: Chapter 9 Adaptation across media 105; value: Adaptation as creative destruction 105; value: Duration and pace 107; value: Character 109; value: Figurative language 111; value: Gaps 114; value: Focalization 115; value: Constraints of the marketplace 118; value: Chapter 10 Character and self in narrative 123; value: Character vs. action 123; value: Flat and round characters 126; value: Can characters be real? 127; value: Types 129; value: Autobiography 131; value: Life writing as performative 134; value: Chapter 11 Narrative contestation 138; value: A contest of narratives 138; value: A narrative lattice-work 142; value: Shadow stories 144; value: Motivation and personality 146; value: Masterplots and types 148; value: Revising cultural masterplots 150; value: Battling narratives are everywhere 152; value: Chapter 12 Narrative negotiation 156; value: Narrative negotiation 157; value: Critical reading as narrative negotiation 162; value: Closure, one more time 168; value: The end of closure? 171.