Postmodern Narrative Theory - Currie, Mark
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We live in a world of narrative overload, and narratology is beginning to rise to the challenge. The expertise that has evolved in literary studies through the twentieth century now finds applications in every corner of culture, wherever thought and representation operate in the mode of storytelling. This book is an accessible and stimulating summary of the often over-complex theories that have transformed the study of narrative in recent decades. In its theoretical discussions and critical readings, the book plots the connections between fiction, criticism and ideology that represent the…mehr

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We live in a world of narrative overload, and narratology is beginning to rise to the challenge. The expertise that has evolved in literary studies through the twentieth century now finds applications in every corner of culture, wherever thought and representation operate in the mode of storytelling. This book is an accessible and stimulating summary of the often over-complex theories that have transformed the study of narrative in recent decades. In its theoretical discussions and critical readings, the book plots the connections between fiction, criticism and ideology that represent the contribution of narrative theory to an understanding of postmodern culture.

Table of contents:
General Editor's Preface
List of Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
Introduction

PART ONE: LOST OBJECTS
The Manufacture of Identities
Terminologization
Theoretical Fiction

PART TWO: NARRATIVE TIME AND SPACE
Narrative, Politics and History
Culture and Schizophrenia

PART THREE: NARRATIVE SUBJECTS
True Lies: Unreliable Identities in’ Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’
The Dark Clouds of Enlightenment: Socionarratology and ‘Heart of Darkness’
Annotated Bibliography
Bibliography
Index
Autorenporträt
MARK CURRIE is Research Professor at the University of East Anglia, Cambridge. In his research to date, he has focused upon the mutual influence of academic theory and fictional writing, including the application of narratological methods to the analysis of critical arguments, and the general question of 'self-consciousness' in fiction, criticism and culture.