| Description |
277 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
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Cornell paperbacks |
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Cornell paperbacks.
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| Contents |
1. Introduction. Narrative and poetics Elements of a narrative theory Is narrative a semiotic structure Manifestation and physical object Narrative inference selection and coherence A sketch of narrative structure A comic strip example "Reading" and "Reading out" -- 2. Story : events. Sequence contingency causality Verisimilitude and motivation Kernels and satellites Stories ans antistories Suspense and suprise Time and plot Order duration and frequency How time distinctions are manifested Narrative macrostructure and the typology of plot -- 3. Story : existents. Story-space and discourse-space Story-space in cinematice narrative Story-space in verbal narrative Story-existents : character Aristotle's theory of character Formalist and structuralist conceptions of character Todorov and Barthes on character Are characters open or closed constructs Toward an open theory of character Character : a paradigm of traits Kinds of character A.C. Bradley and the analysis of character Setting |
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4. Discourse : nonnarrated stories Real author, implied author, narrator, real reader, implied reader, narratee Point of view and its relation to narrative voice Point of view in film Narrators' and characters' speech acts Nonnarrated representation in general Nonnarrated types : written records Pure speech records Soliloquy Records of thought : direct free style = interior monologue Stream of consciousness = free association Interior monologue Stream of consciousness = free association Interior monologue in the cinema -- 5. Discourse : covert versus overt narrators. Covert narrators Indirect tagged and free style The manipulation of sentences for narrative purposes : presupposition as an example Limitation of authority in narrative transmission Shifting limited versus omniscient mental access Overt narration : set descriptions Overt narration : temporal summaries Reports of what characters did not think or say Ethos and commentary Commentary Implicit commentary : ironic narrator and unreliable narrator Commentary on the story : interpretation Commentary on the story : judgement Commentary on the story : generalization Commentary on the discourse The narratee |
| Summary |
Provides a comprehensive approach to a general theory of narrative, in both verbal and visual media |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Arts.
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Narration (Rhetoric)
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Motion pictures -- History.
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| LC no. |
78009329 |
| ISBN |
0801411319 |
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080149186X |
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9780801411311 |
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9780801491863 |
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