Narratology

An Introduction

von Wolf Schmid

270 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

This book is a standard work for modern narrative theory. It provides a terminological and theoretical system of reference for future research. The author explains and discusses in detail problems of communication structure and entities of a narrative work, point of view, the relationship between narrator’s text and character’s text, narrativity and eventfulness, and narrative transformations of happenings. The book outlines a theory of narration and analyses central narratological categories such as fiction, mimesis, author, reader, narrator etc. A detailed bibliography and glossary of narratological terms make this book a compendium of narrative theory which is of relevance for scholars and students of all literary disciplines.

• Reihe: De Gruyter Textbook
• ISBN: 9783110226317
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 27.05.2010
• Genre: Sprachwissenschaft, Literaturwissenschaft/Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft
• Verlag: De Gruyter
• Übersetzung: Alexander Starritt