Dan Shen

Dual Narrative Dynamics (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

Combining narratological and stylistic methods, this book theorizes dual narrative dynamics comprised of plot development and covert progression, and demonstrates the consequences for the interpretation of literary works.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000812787
• Artikelnr.: 66653097

Autorenporträt

Dan Shen is Boya Chair Professor of English at Peking University, China. She is on the advisory boards of Narrative and Style, the editorial board of Language and Literature, and also a consultant editor of Routledge Encyclopedia of Narrative Theory. She has published seven books, including Style and Rhetoric of Short Narrative Fiction with Routledge.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part I Theory 1. Uniqueness of "Covert Progression" and its
Different Relations with Plot Development 2. Why Covert Progressions Have
Been Neglected and How to Uncover Them 3. How Dual Dynamics Can Transform
and Extend Narratology 4. How Dual Dynamics Challenges Stylistics and How
to Meet the Challenge 5. How Dual Dynamics Challenges Translation and How
to Meet the Challenge Part II Practice 6. Naturalistic Covert Progression
behind Complicated Plot Development: Chopin's "A Pair of Silk Stockings" 7.
Dual Dynamics versus Single Dynamic: Bierce's "A Horseman in the Sky" and
"The Affair at Coulter's Notch" 8. Societal Conflict Hidden Behind Personal
Conflict: Kafka's "The Judgment" 9. Actually Unrequited behind
Superficially Mutual Love: Mansfield's "Psychology" 10. One Focalization,
Dual Progression, and Twofold Irony: Mansfield's "A Dill Pickle" 11. Gender
Reversal behind Miserable Life: Mansfield's "Life of Ma Parker" in Contrast
with Chekov's "Misery" Conclusion