Debating Rhetorical Narratology: On the Synthetic, Mimetic, and Thematic Aspects of Narrative

Author:   Matthew Clark ,  James Phelan
Publisher:   Ohio State University Press
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9780814214282


Pages:   248
Publication Date:   24 February 2020
Format:   Hardback
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"In Debating Rhetorical Narratology: On the Synthetic, Mimetic, and Thematic Aspects of Narrative, Matthew Clark and James Phelan provide a model of lively, sharp, and good-natured scholarly exchange. Clark proposes ""friendly amendments"" to Phelan's theorizing of the synthetic, mimetic, and thematic aspects of narrative, and Phelan responds, often by explaining why he finds Clark's amendments less-than-friendly. Clark rounds off the debate by offering a brief rejoinder. Clark and Phelan consistently ground their theoretical arguments in their analyses of particular narratives, drawing on a corpus that ranges from Homer's Iliad to Tobias Wolff's In Pharaoh's Army and includes, among many others, Jane Austen's Emma, George Orwell's 1984, and Toni Morrison's Beloved. Clark and Phelan's deep dive into the synthetic, mimetic, and thematic leads them to explore many other aspects of narrative and narrative theory: style, audiences, the mimetic illusion, fictionality, and more. Their investigation also leads them into questions about rhetorical narratology's relation to other projects in narrative theory, especially unnatural narratology, and, indeed, about how to assess the explanatory power of competing theories. Ultimately, their debate is compelling testimony about the power of both narrative theory and narrative itself."

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Author:   Matthew Clark ,  James Phelan
Publisher:   Ohio State University Press
Imprint:   Ohio State University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.535kg
ISBN:  

9780814214282


ISBN 10:   0814214282
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   24 February 2020
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Matthew Clark and James Phelan write good clear English as few contemporary critics do. And in terms of his rhetorical poetics, Clark's pages on the Iliad and on 1984 are among the best analyses I have ever read. --David Richter


"""Matthew Clark and James Phelan write good clear English as few contemporary critics do. And in terms of his rhetorical poetics, Clark's pages on the Iliad and on 1984 are among the best analyses I have ever read."" --David Richter"


"""One can gain many insights by reading this book, but its most outstanding feature may be the authors' mode of writing, and their willingness and ability to engage with positions deviating from their own, summarizing and responding to a critique which others might reject without further ado. This mode of procedure might be well worth imitating-- in this sense, the mimetic should gain prominence in the extra-textual world."" --Vera Nünning, Anglia ""Matthew Clark and James Phelan write good clear English as few contemporary critics do. And in terms of his rhetorical poetics, Clark's pages on the Iliad and on 1984 are among the best analyses I have ever read."" --David Richter"


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Matthew Clark is Professor Emeritus at York University and the author of many books, including Narrative Structures and the Language of the Self. James Phelan is Distinguished University Professor at The Ohio State University, the editor of Narrative, and the author of many works, including Somebody Telling Somebody Else: A Rhetorical Poetics of Narrative.

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