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In Pursuit of Narrative Dynamics

A Study of James Phelan’s Rhetorical Theory of Narrative

Biwu Shang (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

258 Seiten

2011
Peter Lang Group Ag, International Academic Publishers (Verlag)
978-3-0343-0562-4 (ISBN)

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This book makes an intensive study of James Phelan's rhetorical theory of narrative. Apart from illustrating six basic principles in doing rhetorical theory of narrative, the author examines six major issues which are central to Phelan's rhetorical poetics, namely, focalization, character narration, unreliable narration, narrative progression, narrative judgments, and narrative ethics. For each narratological concept, the author minutely conducts a genealogical study to make the review work complete. The book not only compares Phelan's rhetorical narratology with classical narratology but also with other strands of postclassical narratology. A detailed bibliography makes this book a compendium of narrative theory which is of relevance for scholars and students of all literary disciplines.

Biwu Shang is an associate professor of English at Zhejiang Gong Shang University, China. He works primarily in the areas of narrative theory, literary theory, and the art of Ian McEwan. His articles were published or are forthcoming in such international journals as Foreign Literature Studies, Journal of Literary Semantics, Language and Literature, and Semiotica.

Contents: Beyond the Poetics of Plot: Phelan's Theory of Narrative Progression - A New Light on the Old Concept: Phelan's Theory of Character Narrator - The Rhetorical Approach Revisited and Updated: Phelan's Theory of Unreliable Narration - "Narrator as Focalizer", and "Dual Focalization": Phelan's Theory of Focalization - The Activation of Multileveled Responses: Phelan's Theory of Narrative Judgments - The Ethics of "the Told", the Ethics of "the Telling", and the Ethics of "the Reading": Phelan's Theory of Narrative Ethics.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	12.12.2011
Reihe/Serie	Europäische Hochschulschriften / European University Studies / Publications Universitaires Européennes ; 463
Verlagsort	Bern
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 225 mm
Gewicht	380 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Sprachphilosophie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien
Schlagworte	Biwu • Dynamics • ethics • Focalization • James • judgments • narrative • Phelan's • Phelan’s • Principles • pursuit • Rhetorical • shang • Study • theory
ISBN-10	3-0343-0562-1 / 3034305621
ISBN-13	978-3-0343-0562-4 / 9783034305624
Zustand	Neuware