Narrative Discourse: An Essay in Method
Gerard Genette builds a systematic theory of narrative upon an anlaysis of the writings of Marcel Proust, particularly 'Remembrance of Things Past.' Adopting what is essentially a structuralist approach, the author identifies and names the basic constituents and techniques of narrative and...
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Gerard Genette builds a systematic theory of narrative upon an anlaysis of the writings of Marcel Proust, particularly 'Remembrance of Things Past.' Adopting what is essentially a structuralist approach, the author identifies and names the basic constituents and techniques of narrative and illustrates them by referring to literary works in many languages.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780801492594 (0801492599)
Publish date: August 31st 1983
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
I was expecting to find this deadly boring, but actually it was quite interesting. Lots of technical jargon, though - "paralepsis", "syllepsis", "iterative narrative", "oh come on, now you're just making this up" - so it does require quite intense concentration. And I hadn't read any Proust, which i...
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