Narratology : introduction to the theory of narrative /
"Since its first publication in English in 1985, Mieke Bal's Narratology has become an international classic and the comprehensive introduction to the theory of narrative texts, both literary and non-literary. Providing insights into how readers interpret narrative text, the fifth edition...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Toronto ; Buffalo ; London :
University of Toronto Press,
2025.
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| Edition: | Fifth edition. |
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| Summary: | "Since its first publication in English in 1985, Mieke Bal's Narratology has become an international classic and the comprehensive introduction to the theory of narrative texts, both literary and non-literary. Providing insights into how readers interpret narrative text, the fifth edition of Narratology is a guide for students and scholars seeking to analyze narratives of any language, period, and region with clear, systematic, and reliable concepts. Through engagements with the most recent scholarship in the field, an updated preface, and new and revised examples and graphics, award-winning cultural theorist Mieke Bal presents narrative concepts with even greater clarity in this fifth edition. This introduction to narratology aims at presenting a systematic account of a theory of narrative for use in the study of literary and other narrative texts. Bal opts for a systematic, and hence selective, approach to teaching the discipline. She does so to augment the text’s accessibility, amplify the possibility of dialogue, and emancipate learners from intimidation. Incorporating years of feedback from scholars and teachers, Narratology remains the most important contribution to the study of the way narratives work, are formed, and are received."-- |
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| Item Description: | "This fifth edition is a revision of Narratology: Introduction to the Theory of Narrative, which was a translation, revised for English-language readers, by Christine Van Boheemen, of the second, revised edition of De Theorie van vertellen en verhalen (Muiderberg: Coutinho 1980)."--Title page verso. |
| Physical Description: | ix, 211 pages ; 24 cm Issued also in electronic format. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-200) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 148755527X 9781487555276 1487555288 9781487555283 |