FLUDERNIK, Monika, An Introduction to Narratology, Abingdon / New York, Routledge, 2009, 200 p.
ISBN 978-0-415-45030-0
RÉSUMÉ
An Introduction to Narratology is an accessible, practical guide to narratological theory and terminology and its application to literature.
In this book, Monika Fludernik outlines.
- The key concepts of style, metaphor and metonymy, and the history of narrative forms
- Narratologicalapproaches to interpretation and the linguistic aspects of texts,including new cognitive developments in the field
- How students can use narratological theory to work with texts, incorporating detailed practical examples
- A glossary of useful narrative terms, and suggestions for further reading.
This textbook offers a comprehensive overview of the key aspects ofnarratology by a leading practitioner in the field. It demystifies thesubject in a way that is accessible to beginners, but also reflectsrecent theoretical developments and narratology's increasing popularityas a critical tool.
TABLE DES MATIÈRES
Preface 1. Narrative and Narrating 2. The Theory of Narrative 3. Textand Authorship 4. The Structure of Narrative 5. The Surface ofNarrative 6. Realism, Illusionism and Metafiction 7. Language, theRepresentation of Speech, and the Stylistics of Narrative 8. Thoughts,Feelings and the Unconscious 9. Narrative Typologies 10. DiachronicApproaches to Narrative 11. Practical Applications 12. Guidelines forBudding NarratologistsGlossary of Narratological Terms Works Cited Index
BIOGRAPHIE
Monika Fludernik is Professor of English at the University of Freiburg/Germany. She is the author of The Fictions of Language and the Languages of Fiction (Routledge, 1993) and Towards a 'Natural' Narratology (Routledge, 1996), which was the co-winner of the Perkins Prize of the Society for the Study of Narrative Literature.