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Author:   Seymour Chatman
Publisher:   Cornell University Press
Imprint:   Cornell University Press
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9780801491863

ISBN 10:   080149186
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   31 May 1980
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Preface 1. Introduction Narrative and Poetics Elements of a Narrative Theory Is Narrative a Semiotic Structure? Manifestation and Physical Object Narrative Inference, Selection, and Coherence A Sketch of Narrative Structure A Comic Strip Example ""Reading"" and ""Reading Out"" 2. Story: Events Sequence, Contingency, Causality Verisimilitude and Motivation Kernels and Satellites Stories and Antistories Suspense and Surprise Time and Plot Order, Duration, and Frequency How Time Distinctions Are Manifested Narrative Macrostructure and the Typology of Plot 3. Story: Existents Story-Space and Discourse-Space Story-Space in Cinematic Narrative Story-Space in Verbal Narrative Story-Existents: Character Aristotle's Theory of Character Formalist and Structuralist Conceptions of Character Todorov and Barthes on Character Are Characters Open or Closed Constructs? Toward an Open Theory of Character Character: A Paradigm of Traits Kinds of Character A. C. Bradley and the Analysis of Character Setting 4. Discourse: Nonnarrated Stories Real Author, Implied Author, Narrator, Real Reader, Implied Reader, Naratee Point of View and Its Relation to Narrative Voice Point of View in Film Narrators' and Characters' Speech Acts ""Nonnarrated"" Representation in General Nonnarrated Types: Written Records Pure Speech Records Soliloquy Records of Thought: Direct Free Style = Interior Monologue Stream of Consciousness = Free Association Interior Monologue in the Cinema 5. Discourse: Covert versus Overt Narrators Covert Narrators Presupposition Indirect Tagged and Free Style The Manipulation of Sentences for Narrative Purposes: Presupposition as an Example Limitation of Authority in Narrative Transmission Shifting Limited versus Omniscient Mental Access Overt Narration: Set Descriptions Overt Narration: Temporal Summaries Reports of What Characters Did Not Think or Say Ethos and Commentary Commentary Implicit Commentary: Ironic Narrator and Unreliable Narrator Commentary and the Story: Interpretation Commentary and the Story: Judgment Commentary and the Story: Generalization Commentary on the Discourse The Narratee Conclusion Appendix: Diagram of Narrative Structure Indexes: Author and Title, Subject"

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""An important American contribution to the study of narrative theory.""-Choice ""What I appreciate most in Chatman's study are the problem-solving activities and ambitions: again and again, he proves capable of defining areas to investigate (the borders between narrative and other temporal genres, for example, the typography of plots, the distinctive features of foregrounding and backgrounding) and of discussing narrative in terms of problems and solutions. When I opened the Chatman volume, 1read the blurb first: 'A judicious and well-informed book, Story and Discourse should become the standard guide to narrative and to modern thinking about narrative.' The blurb is right.""-Gerald Prince, MLN

<p> What I appreciate most in Chatman's study are the problem-solving activities and ambitions: again and again, he proves capable of defining areas to investigate (the borders between narrative and other temporal genres, for example, the typography of plots, the distinctive features of foregrounding and backgrounding) and of discussing narrative in terms of problems and solutions. When I opened the Chatman volume, 1read the blurb first: 'A judicious and well-informed book, Story and Discourse should become the standard guide to narrative and to modern thinking about narrative.' The blurb is right. -Gerald Prince, MLN

An important American contribution to the study of narrative theory. -Choice What I appreciate most in Chatman's study are the problem-solving activities and ambitions: again and again, he proves capable of defining areas to investigate (the borders between narrative and other temporal genres, for example, the typography of plots, the distinctive features of foregrounding and backgrounding) and of discussing narrative in terms of problems and solutions. When I opened the Chatman volume, 1read the blurb first: 'A judicious and well-informed book, Story and Discourse should become the standard guide to narrative and to modern thinking about narrative.' The blurb is right. -Gerald Prince, MLN

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Seymour Chatman is Professor of Rhetoric at the University of California, Berkeley.

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