The Cambridge companion to narrative theory / edited by Matthew Garrett, Wesleyan University.

The Cambridge companion to narrative theory / edited by Matthew Garrett, Wesleyan University.

9781108428477 (hardcover)
1108428479 (hardcover)
9781108449724 (paperback)
1108449727 (paperback)
9781108601443 (electronic book)

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2018.

English

xvii, 277 pages ; 24 cm.

PN212 .C365 2018

808

Narrative theory is essential to everything from history to lyric poetry, from novels to the latest Hollywood blockbuster. Narrative theory explores how stories work and how we make them work. This Companion is both an introduction and a contribution to the field. It presents narrative theory as an approach to understanding all kinds of cultural production: from literary texts to historiography, from film and videogames to philosophical discourse. It takes the long historical view, outlines essential concepts, and reflects on the way narrative forms connect with and rework social forms. The volume analyzes central premises, identifies narrative theory's feminist foundations, and elaborates its significance to queer theory and issues of race. The specially commissioned essays are exciting to read, uniting accessibility and rigor, traditional concerns with a renovated sense of the field as a whole, and analytical clarity with stylistic dash.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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