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Narratology in Practice opens up the well-known theory of narrative to various disciplines in the humanities and social sciences. Written as a companion to Mieke Bal's international classic Narratology: Introduction to the Theory of Narrativeits companion, Narratology in Practice enables readers to use the suggested concepts as tools to assist them in practising narrative analysis.

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"""This book is so much more than a companion to Mieke Bal's paradigm-changing Narratology. With lucidity, patience, and enormous pedagogical skill, it provides the tools necessary to understand what narrative is and what it does within and outside the literary."" --Marianne Hirsch, Columbia University ""Narratology in Practice supplements Mieke Bal's popular book Narratology with a wide range of practical analyses to demonstrate the value of narratological methods and concepts for cultural analysis. Drawing on a wealth of personal experience as filmmaker and art critic, Bal explores the interdisciplinary character of narrative analysis in various media and its concrete contributions to thinking about politics and society."" --Jonathan Culler, Cornell University, and author of Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction ""A useful, engaging mosaic of concepts and practices, full of suggestions and absolutely contemporary, Narratology in Practice represents a further step in the already outstanding brilliance of Bal's theoretical proposals."" --Miguel �ngel Hern�ndez, University of Murcia"

Narratology in Practice supplements Mieke Bal's popular book Narratology with a wide range of practical analyses to demonstrate the value of narratological methods and concepts for cultural analysis. Drawing on a wealth of personal experience as filmmaker and art critic, Bal explores the interdisciplinary character of narrative analysis in various media and its concrete contributions to thinking about politics and society. - Jonathan Culler, Cornell University, and author of Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction A useful, engaging mosaic of concepts and practices, full of suggestions and absolutely contemporary, Narratology in Practice represents a further step in the already outstanding brilliance of Bal's theoretical proposals. - Miguel Angel Hernandez, University of Murcia This book is so much more than a companion to Mieke Bal's paradigm-changing Narratology. With lucidity, patience, and enormous pedagogical skill, it provides the tools necessary to understand what narrative is and what it does within and outside the literary. - Marianne Hirsch, Columbia University

Narratology in Practice supplements Mieke Bal's popular book Narratology with a wide range of practical analyses to demonstrate the value of narratological methods and concepts for cultural analysis. Drawing on a wealth of personal experience as filmmaker and art critic, Bal explores the interdisciplinary character of narrative analysis in various media and its concrete contributions to thinking about politics and society. - Jonathan Culler, Cornell University, and author of Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction A useful, engaging mosaic of concepts and practices, full of suggestions and absolutely contemporary, Narratology in Practice represents a further step in the already outstanding brilliance of Bal's theoretical proposals. - Miguel Angel Hernandez, University of Murcia This book is so much more than a companion to Mieke Bal's paradigm-changing Narratology. With lucidity, patience, and enormous pedagogical skill, it provides the tools necessary to understand what narrative is and what it does within and outside the literary. - Marianne Hirsch, Columbia University

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Mieke Bal is an award-winning cultural theorist, critic, video artist, curator, and professor of cultural analysis at the University of Amsterdam.

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