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Authors: Suzanne Keen
ISBN-13: 9780333960974, ISBN-10: 0333960971
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Date Published: March 2004
Edition: REV

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Author Biography: Suzanne Keen

Suzanne Keen is at Washington and Lee University.

Book Synopsis

This handbook concisely introduces narrative form to advanced students of fiction. Beginning with a survey of major theorists and approaches, and using clearly defined terms, Narrative Form explains critical vocabulary and offers a variety of strategies for analyzing the formal qualities of fiction. Keen suggests that interpretations of form can be effectively integrated with contemporary approaches to literature, including feminist, postcolonial, and cultural studies methodologies. Narrative Form shows how to use the language of formal analysis accurately and innovatively.

Table of Contents

Preface: Studying Narrative Form
1Major Approaches to and Theorists of Narrative1
2Shapes of Narrative: A Whole of Parts16
3Narrative Situation: Who's Who and What's its Function30
4People on Paper: Character, Characterization, and Represented Minds55
5Plot and Causation: Related Events73
6Timing: How Long and How Often?90
7Order and Disorder99
8Levels: Realms of Existence108
9Fictional Worlds and Fictionality116
10Disguises: Fiction in the Form of Nonfiction Texts128
11Genes and Conventions141
App. ATerms Listed by Chapter154
App. BRepresentative Texts: A List of Suggested Readings163
Notes167
Bibliography179
Index189

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