Handbook of Narratology / Edition 1

by Peter Hühn, John Pier, Wolf Schmid, Jörg Schönert

Overview

This handbook in English provides a systematic overview of the present state of international research in narratology. Detailed individual studies by internationally renowned narratologists elucidate 34 central terms. The articles present original research contributions and are all structured in a similar manner. Each contains a concise definition and a detailed explanation of the term in question. In a main section they present a critical account of the major research positions and their historical development and indicate directions for future research; they conclude with selected bibliographical references.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783110189476
Publisher:	De Gruyter
Publication date:	08/19/2009
Series:	Narratologia , #19
Pages:	477
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.06(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Peter Hühn, University of Hamburg, Germany; John Pier, Université François-Rabelais, Tours, France; Wolf Schmid and Jörg Schönert, University ofHamburg, Germany.

Table of Contents

Raphaël Baroni: tellability; Ute Berns: performitiy; Didier Coste: narrative levels; Catherine Emmott / Marc Alexander: schemata; Monika Fludernik: conversational narration, oral narration; mediacy; David Herman: cognitive narratology; Peter Hühn: event and eventfulness; Peter Hühn / Roy Sommer: narration in other literary genres; Fotis Jannidis: character; Hans Krah: film narration; Amia Lieblich: identity and narration; Uri Margolin: narrator; Brian McHale: speech representation; Matías Martinez: author, coherence; Jan Christoph Meister: narratology; Norbert Meuter: narration in various disciplines; Birgit Neumann / Ansgar Nünning: metanarration and metafictionality; John Pier: metalepsis; Gerald Prince: reader; Marie-Laure Ryan: narration in other media, space; Jean-Marie Schaeffer: fictional vs factual narration; Michael Scheffel: narrative constitution; Wolf Schmid: free indirect discourse, implied author; David Shepherd: dialogism; Meir Sternberg: narrativity; Carola Surkamp / Marion Gymnich: perspective; Michael Titzmann: sequentiality, time; Waleri Tjupa: heteroglossia; Werner Wolf: illusion.

Editorial Reviews

"Ein unverzichtbares Kompendium zur Arbeit mit und in der Narratologie haben Peter Hühn, John Pier, Wolf Schmid und Jörg Schönert in Form des Handbook of Narratology 2009 in der Reihe Narratologia herausgegeben."
Christiane Scheeren in: http://www.iaslonline.de/index.php?vorgang_id=3267

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