Narrativity: Theory and Practice
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1992
Clarendon Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-811954-8 (ISBN)
Clarendon Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-811954-8 (ISBN)
Defining narrativity as the enabling force of narrative, this book explores the application of this concept in the field of narrative theory in fiction in English. It develops the notion of a "logic of narrativity" and by this means tries to contribute a critical strategy to the field.
Defining narrativity as the enabling force of narrative, this is the first full-length exploration of the concept in fiction in English.
It develops the notion of a `logic of narrativity', and by this means contributes a new critical strategy to the field of narrative theory. The book also takes issue with a number of critical approaches which have in recent years acquired near-orthodox status in the matter of textual interpretation. Most prominent among these approaches are deconstruction and a particular form of Marxist criticism. The author's own theoretical claims are substantiated by readings of major twentieth-century novels by Conrad, Joyce, Flann O'Brien, and Arthur Koestler, and the book concludes with an analysis of an earlier narrative, Maria Edgeworth's Castle Rackrent, which illustrates the wider premises of the theory and its applications.
Defining narrativity as the enabling force of narrative, this is the first full-length exploration of the concept in fiction in English.
It develops the notion of a `logic of narrativity', and by this means contributes a new critical strategy to the field of narrative theory. The book also takes issue with a number of critical approaches which have in recent years acquired near-orthodox status in the matter of textual interpretation. Most prominent among these approaches are deconstruction and a particular form of Marxist criticism. The author's own theoretical claims are substantiated by readings of major twentieth-century novels by Conrad, Joyce, Flann O'Brien, and Arthur Koestler, and the book concludes with an analysis of an earlier narrative, Maria Edgeworth's Castle Rackrent, which illustrates the wider premises of the theory and its applications.
Part 1 The theory of narrativity: narrativity and its definitions; a logic of narrativity; narrativity and double logics; narrativity and the case against contradiction; narrativity, structure and spatial form; narrativity and the French perspective. Part 2 The practice of narrativity: the logic of duplicity and design in "Under Western Eyes"; a stody of narrativity in "Ulysses"; narrative despotism and metafictional mastery - the case of Flann O'Brien's "At Swim-Two-Birds"; a double logic and the nightmare of reason - Arthur Koestler's "Darkness at Noon". Conclusion: A reading of Maria Edgeworth's "Castle Rackrent".
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 10.9.1992 |
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Verlagsort | Oxford |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 142 x 224 mm |
Gewicht | 512 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturgeschichte | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
ISBN-10 | 0-19-811954-2 / 0198119542 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-811954-8 / 9780198119548 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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