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Disnarration and the Unmentioned in Fact and Fiction

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Authors:
  1. Marina Lambrou

    1. Department of Humanities, Kingston University, Surrey, UK

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  • Provides the first systematic study of the form, uses and functions of disnarration across a range of factual and fictional storytelling genres
  • Describes the lexico-grammatical structures of disnarration and their function in creating these compelling storytelling strategies
  • Offers fresh insights into unconventional narrative techniques at the intersection of narratology and stylistics

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction to Disnarration and the Unmentioned in Fact and Fiction

    • Marina Lambrou
    Pages 1-6

  3. Telling Stories

    • Marina Lambrou
    Pages 7-46

  4. Disnarration and the Unmentioned in Fact: Oral Narratives of Personal Experience

    • Marina Lambrou
    Pages 47-61

  5. Disnarration and the Unmentioned in Fact: News Stories

    • Marina Lambrou
    Pages 63-80

  6. Disnarration and the Unmentioned in Fiction

    • Marina Lambrou
    Pages 81-101

  7. Conclusion

    • Marina Lambrou
    Pages 103-107

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 109-126
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About this book

In this book Marina Lambrou explores the dimension of narrative storytelling described as ‘the disnarrated’ – events that do not happen but which are referred to – across three genres of texts: personal narratives; news stories; and fiction (literary and film). The book begins by asking why such disnarrated narratives are nevertheless considered tellable. It moves on to examine the pervasiveness of this phenomenon in news reports about “near misses” and the shared personal narratives about dangerous experiences, where “truth” is expected to be central their telling. It further discusses how disnarration is generated in counterfactual “what if?” scenarios in fiction where characters follow alternative, forked paths with fascinating unexpected consequences. This engaging work offers original insights to anyone interested in storytelling and will appeal in particular to scholars of language and literature, stylistics, narratology, media, film and journalism.




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“This short book opens many possibilities for the study of narratives in the scientific fields of film studies, journalism, linguistics, and literature, while expanding the scope of a now fundamental form of storytelling. The paradoxical tellability of the possible yet unreal infuses this engaging work by inviting readers to walk along many paths to be explored…” (Carla Robison, Lectures, 2019)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Humanities, Kingston University, Surrey, UK

    Marina Lambrou

About the author

Marina Lambrou is Associate Professor in English Language and Linguistics at Kingston University, UK. She has published widely in the areas of narratology and literary and non-literary stylistics that include personal and trauma narratives, and media discourses. She is the current Chair of the Poetics and Linguistics Association (PALA).

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Disnarration and the Unmentioned in Fact and Fiction

  • Authors: Marina Lambrou

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-50778-5

  • Publisher: Palgrave Pivot London

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-50777-8Published: 14 January 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-50778-5Published: 14 January 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 126

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Stylistics, Fiction, Cultural and Media Studies, general, Language and Literature

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