In Pursuit of Narrative Dynamics: A Study of James Phelan’s Rhetorical Theory of Narrative: 463 (Europaeische Hochschulschriften / European University ... 14: Langue et littérature anglo-saxonnes) - Softcover

Shang, Biwu

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3034305621 ISBN 13: 9783034305624

Verlag: Peter Lang, 2011

Inhaltsangabe

This book makes an intensive study of James Phelan's rhetorical theory of narrative. Apart from illustrating six basic principles in doing rhetorical theory of narrative, the author examines six major issues which are central to Phelan's rhetorical poetics, namely, focalization, character narration, unreliable narration, narrative progression, narrative judgments, and narrative ethics. For each narratological concept, the author minutely conducts a genealogical study to make the review work complete. The book not only compares Phelan's rhetorical narratology with classical narratology but also with other strands of postclassical narratology. A detailed bibliography makes this book a compendium of narrative theory which is of relevance for scholars and students of all literary disciplines.

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Biwu Shang is an associate professor of English at Zhejiang Gong Shang University, China. He works primarily in the areas of narrative theory, literary theory, and the art of Ian McEwan. His articles were published or are forthcoming in such international journals as Foreign Literature Studies, Journal of Literary Semantics, Language and Literature, and Semiotica.

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• Verlag: Peter Lang
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 3034305621
• ISBN 13: 9783034305624
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 258
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