The Resource Unnatural narrative : theory, history, and practice, Brian Richardson
Unnatural narrative : theory, history, and practice, Brian Richardson
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- Summary
- Unnatural Narrative: Theory, History, and Practice provides the first extended account of the concepts and history of unnatural narrative. In this book, Brian Richardson, founder of unnatural narrative studies, offers a theoretical model that can encompass antirealist and antimimetic works from Aristophanes to postmodernism. Unnatural Narrative begins with a sustained critique of contemporary narratology, diagnosing its mimetic bias and establishing the need for a more comprehensive account. This new approach results in original theoretical insights into the basic elements of story, such as beginnings, sequencing, temporality, endings, and narrative itself. Applying these theoretical insights, Richardson also provides a compelling alternative view of the history of narrative. He traces a genealogy of unnatural narratives from ancient Greek and Sanskrit works through medieval and renaissance fiction to eighteenth-century and romantic fiction. The study continues through the twentieth century, discussing the unnatural elements of Ulysses and other early twentieth-century texts, and engages with contemporary fiction by offering an alternative account of postmodernism. Unnatural Narrative makes an essential intervention in narrative theory and an important contribution to the history of the novel. --Provided by publisher
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xix, 197 pages
- Contents
-
- Part 1: Theory
- 1. A Theory of Unnatural Narratives: Definitions, Paradigms, Problems
- 2. The Limitations of Conventional Narrative Theory
- Part 2: Application
- 3. A Poetics of Unnatural Stories: Fabula, Syuzhet, and Sequence
- 4. Contesting the Boundary of Fictionality in Contemporary Narrative
- Part 3: History
- 5. Toward a History of Unnatural Narratives
- 6. Unnatural Narratives in the Twentieth Century
- Part 4: Ideology
- 7. Oppositional Literature and Unnatural Poetics
- Conclusion: Methodology and the Unnatural: Antimimesis and Narrative Theory
- Isbn
- 9780814212790
- Label
- Unnatural narrative : theory, history, and practice
- Title
- Unnatural narrative
- Title remainder
- theory, history, and practice
- Statement of responsibility
- Brian Richardson
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Unnatural Narrative: Theory, History, and Practice provides the first extended account of the concepts and history of unnatural narrative. In this book, Brian Richardson, founder of unnatural narrative studies, offers a theoretical model that can encompass antirealist and antimimetic works from Aristophanes to postmodernism. Unnatural Narrative begins with a sustained critique of contemporary narratology, diagnosing its mimetic bias and establishing the need for a more comprehensive account. This new approach results in original theoretical insights into the basic elements of story, such as beginnings, sequencing, temporality, endings, and narrative itself. Applying these theoretical insights, Richardson also provides a compelling alternative view of the history of narrative. He traces a genealogy of unnatural narratives from ancient Greek and Sanskrit works through medieval and renaissance fiction to eighteenth-century and romantic fiction. The study continues through the twentieth century, discussing the unnatural elements of Ulysses and other early twentieth-century texts, and engages with contemporary fiction by offering an alternative account of postmodernism. Unnatural Narrative makes an essential intervention in narrative theory and an important contribution to the history of the novel. --Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1953-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Richardson, Brian
- Dewey number
- 808/.036
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PN212
- LC item number
- .R49 2015
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Theory and interpretation of narrative
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Narration (Rhetoric)
- LITERARY CRITICISM / General
- Narration (Rhetoric)
- Label
- Unnatural narrative : theory, history, and practice, Brian Richardson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- Part 1: Theory -- 1. A Theory of Unnatural Narratives: Definitions, Paradigms, Problems -- 2. The Limitations of Conventional Narrative Theory -- Part 2: Application -- 3. A Poetics of Unnatural Stories: Fabula, Syuzhet, and Sequence -- 4. Contesting the Boundary of Fictionality in Contemporary Narrative -- Part 3: History -- 5. Toward a History of Unnatural Narratives -- 6. Unnatural Narratives in the Twentieth Century -- Part 4: Ideology -- 7. Oppositional Literature and Unnatural Poetics -- Conclusion: Methodology and the Unnatural: Antimimesis and Narrative Theory
- Control code
- 892879198
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xix, 197 pages
- Isbn
- 9780814212790
- Lccn
- 2014044399
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)892879198
- Label
- Unnatural narrative : theory, history, and practice, Brian Richardson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- Part 1: Theory -- 1. A Theory of Unnatural Narratives: Definitions, Paradigms, Problems -- 2. The Limitations of Conventional Narrative Theory -- Part 2: Application -- 3. A Poetics of Unnatural Stories: Fabula, Syuzhet, and Sequence -- 4. Contesting the Boundary of Fictionality in Contemporary Narrative -- Part 3: History -- 5. Toward a History of Unnatural Narratives -- 6. Unnatural Narratives in the Twentieth Century -- Part 4: Ideology -- 7. Oppositional Literature and Unnatural Poetics -- Conclusion: Methodology and the Unnatural: Antimimesis and Narrative Theory
- Control code
- 892879198
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xix, 197 pages
- Isbn
- 9780814212790
- Lccn
- 2014044399
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)892879198
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