Narratology

ISBN-13: 9783110226317 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 270 str.

Wolf Schmid

Opis

This book is a standard work for modern narrative theory. It provides a terminological and theoretical system of reference for future research. The author explains and discusses in detail problems of communication structure and entities of a narrative work, point of view, the relationship between narrator s text and character s text, narrativity and eventfulness, and narrative transformations of happenings. The book outlines a theory of narration and analyses central narratological categories such as fiction, mimesis, author, reader, narrator etc. A detailed bibliography and glossary of narratological terms make this book a compendium of narrative theory which is of relevance for scholars and students of all literary disciplines."

O autorze

Wolf Schmid, University of Hamburg, Germany.