Towards a 'Natural' Narratology

by Fludernik,Monika

• ISBN13: 9780415124829
• ISBN10: 0415124824
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-09-06
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Towards a "Natural" Narratologymakes an intervention into ongoing debates in literary theory and criticism. Monika Fludernik argues for a new narrative theory which builds on insights from conversational narrative while touching on key issues for poststructuralists. Drawing on insights from cognitive linguistics, discourse analysis and structuralist narratology, the author examines narrative structures as they have developed from oral storytelling to the realist novel and beyond. This is a ground-breaking work of synthesis which makes a significant contribution to fundamental issues in literary theory. Fludernik's new model entails a radical reconceptualization of current narratological thinking, integrating narrative theory within a wide range of topical debates in literary studies.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgements	p. xv
Prologue in the Wilderness	p. 1
Towards a 'natural' Narratology	p. 12
Natural Narrative and Other Oral Modes	p. 53
From the Oral to the Written	p. 92
The Realist Paradigm	p. 129
Reflectorization and Figuralization	p. 178
Virgin Territories	p. 222
Games with Tellers, Telling and Told	p. 269
Natural Narratology	p. 311
In Lieu of an Epilogue	p. 376
Notes	p. 379
References	p. 407
Author Index	p. 443
Subject Index	p. 448
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