The Nature of Narrative: Revised and Expanded by Robert Scholes,James Phelan,Robert Kellogg
By Robert Scholes,James Phelan,Robert Kellogg
The 40th anniversary variation of this groundbreaking paintings has been revised and improved to incorporate a brand new preface and a long bankruptcy on advancements in narrative conception in view that 1966 by means of James Phelan. This bankruptcy describes the rules and practices of structuralist, cognitive, feminist, and rhetorical methods to narrative, paying designated recognition to their paintings on plot, personality, and narrative discourse.
A endured chief within the box of narrative reviews, The Nature of Narrative deals precise and helpful histories of either narrative and narrative theory.
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