Table of Contents
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xiii
Part 1 Perspectives: Rhetorical, Feminist, Mind-Oriented, Antimimetic
1 Introduction: The Approaches
Narrative as Rhetoric James Phelan Peter J. Rabinowitz 3
A Feminist Approach to Narrative Robyn Warhol 9
Exploring the Nexus of Narrative and Mind David Herman 14
Antimirnetic, Unnatural, and Postmodern Narrative Theory Brian Richardson 20
2 Authors, Narrators, Narration
James Phelan Peter J. Rabinowitz 29
Robyn Warhol 39
David Herman 44
Brian Richardson 51
3 Time, Plot, Progression
James Phelan Peter J. Rabinowitz 57
Robyn Warhol 66
David Herman 71
Brian Richardson 76
4 Narrative Worlds: Space, Setting, Perspective
James Phelan Peter J. Rabinowitz 84
Robyn Warhol 92
David Herman 98
Brian Richardson 103
5 Character
James Phelan Peter J. Rabinowitz 111
Robyn Warhol 119
David Herman 125
Brian Richardson 132
6 Reception and the Reader
James Phelan Peter J. Rabinowitz 139
Robyn Warhol 144
David Herman 150
Brian Richardson 155
7 Narrative Values, Aesthetic Values
James Phelan Peter J. Rabinowitz 160
Robyn Warhol 165
David Herman 169
Brian Richardson 176
Part 2 Responses
Response James Phelan Peter J. Rabinowitz 185
To Robyn Warhol's Feminist Approach 187
To David Herman's Approach to Narrative as Worldmaking 191
To Brian Richardson's Theory of Antimimetic Narrative 197
Response Robyn Warhol 201
To James Phelan Peter J. Rabinowitz's Rhetorical Narrative Approach 201
To David Herman's Cognitive Approach 206
To Brian Richardson's Antimimetic Narrative Approach 211
Response David Herman 218
Paradigms in Dispute: Contrasting Assumptions for Narrative Theory 220
Response Brian Richardson 235
General 235
Character 238
Specific Points 241
Missing Theory 245
Works Cited 251
Index 262