The fundamental principle upon which contemporary narratology is constructed is that narrative is an essentially divided endeavour, involving the story (what really happened') and the discourse (how what happened is presented'). For traditional criticism, the primary task of narrative discourse is essentially to convey the story as transparently as possible. Patrick O'Neill investigates the extent to which narrative discourse also contains the counter-tendency not to tell the story, indeed to subvert the story it tells in foregrounding its own performance.
The systemic implications...
The fundamental principle upon which contemporary narratology is constructed is that narrative is an essentially divided endeavour, involving the s...
