The Cambridge introduction to narrative

The Cambridge introduction to narrative / H. Porter Abbott.

This study is designed to help readers understand what narrative is, how it is constructed, how it acts upon us, how we act upon it, how it is transmitted, and how it changes when the medium or the cultural context change. In this indispensable guidebook, Porter Abbott emphasizes that narrative is f...

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Main Author: Abbott, H. Porter
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Subjects:
Narration (Rhetoric)
Fiction > Technique.
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Table of Contents:
  • Ch. 1. Narrative and life
  • Ch. 2. Defining narrative
  • Ch. 3. The borders of narrative
  • Ch. 4. The rhetoric of narrative
  • Ch. 5. Closure
  • Ch. 6. Narration
  • Ch. 7. Interpreting narrative
  • Ch. 8. Three ways to interpret narrative
  • Ch. 9. Adaptation across media
  • Ch. 10. Character and self in narrative
  • Ch. 11. Narrative contestation
  • Ch. 12. Narrative negotiation.

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