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Narrative Form

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  • © 2003

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Authors:
  1. Suzanne Keen

    1. Washington and Lee University, USA

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Major Approaches to and Theorists of Narrative

    • Suzanne Keen
    Pages 1-15

  3. Shapes of Narrative: A Whole of Parts

    • Suzanne Keen
    Pages 16-29

  4. Narrative Situation: Who’s Who and What’s its Function

    • Suzanne Keen
    Pages 30-54

  5. People on Paper: Character, Characterization, and Represented Minds

    • Suzanne Keen
    Pages 55-72

  6. Plot and Causation: Related Events

    • Suzanne Keen
    Pages 73-89

  7. Timing: How Long and How Often?

    • Suzanne Keen
    Pages 90-98

  8. Order and Disorder

    • Suzanne Keen
    Pages 99-107

  9. Levels: Realms of Existence

    • Suzanne Keen
    Pages 108-115

  10. Fictional Worlds and Fictionality

    • Suzanne Keen
    Pages 116-127

  11. Disguises: Fiction in the Form of Nonfiction Texts

    • Suzanne Keen
    Pages 128-140

  12. Genres and Conventions

    • Suzanne Keen
    Pages 141-153

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 154-204
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About this book

This handbook concisely introduces narrative form to advanced students of fiction. Beginning with a survey of major theorists and approaches, and using clearly defined terms, Narrative Form explains critical vocabulary and offers a variety of strategies for analyzing the formal qualities of fiction. Keen suggests that interpretations of form can be effectively integrated with contemporary approaches to literature, including feminist, postcolonial, and cultural studies methodologies. Narrative Form shows how to use the language of formal analysis accurately and innovatively.

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'An authoritative and comprehensive advanced introduction to the terminology and concepts of narratology. Professor Keen is an expert in this area.' - Professor J. Hillis Miller, UCI Distinguished Research Professor, University of California

Authors and Affiliations

  • Washington and Lee University, USA

    Suzanne Keen

About the author

SUZANNE KEEN is Professor of English at Washington and Lee University, where she teaches modern, contemporary and postcolonial narrative fiction. She is the author of two books on English fiction and articles on Thomas Hardy, Jeanette Winterson, Anthony Burgess, Peter Ackroyd and Seamus Heaney.

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