This collection of essays seeks to combine narratological analyses with an investigation of the ideological ramifications of the use of narrative strategies. As the title indicates, the overarching question asked here is how to do things with narrative. The essays collected here do not posit any intrinsic or stable connection between narrative techniques, on the one hand, and world views, on the other. Instead, the articles demonstrate that world views are always expressed through specific formal strategies. This insight leads to the question of why these particular techniques (rather than...
This collection of essays seeks to combine narratological analyses with an investigation of the ideological ramifications of the use of narrative s...
This volume combines narratological analyses with an investigation of the ideological ramifications of the use of narrative strategies. The collected essays do not posit any intrinsic or stable connection between narrative techniques and world views. Rather, they demonstrate that world views are inevitably expressed through highly specific formal strategies. This insight leads the contributors to investigate why and how particular narrative techniques are employed and under what conditions.
This volume combines narratological analyses with an investigation of the ideological ramifications of the use of narrative strategies. The collected ...
