Unnatural narrative : theory, history, and practice

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Label

Unnatural narrative : theory, history, and practice

Title remainder

theory, history, and practice

Statement of responsibility

Brian Richardson

Creator

• Richardson, Brian, 1953-

Author

• Richardson, Brian, 1953-

Subject

• LITERARY CRITICISM / General
• Narration (Rhetoric)
• Narration (Rhetoric)

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

Member of

• Theory and interpretation of narrative series

Cataloging source

DLC

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