Cambridge Introduction to Narrative

Name: Cambridge Introduction to Narrative
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ISBN: 9780521715157

ISBN-10: 0521715156

ISBN-13: 9780521715157

Edition: 2nd 2008

Authors: H. Porter Abbott

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What is narrative? How does it work and how does it shape our lives and the texts we read? H. Porter Abbott emphasizes that narrative is found not just in literature, film, and theater, but everywhere in the ordinary course of people's lives. This widely used introduction, now thoroughly revised, is informed throughout by recent developments in the field and includes two new chapters. With its lucid exposition of concepts and suggestions for further reading, this book is not only an excellent introduction for courses focused on narrative but also an invaluable resource for students and scholars across a wide range of fields, including literature and drama, film and media, society and…

Book details

List price: $34.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 4/7/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 268
Size: 5.75" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

H. Porter Abbott is Professor Emeritus of English at the University of California, Santa Barbara.



Preface


Preface to the second edition


Acknowledgments



Narrative and life



Defining narrative



The borders of narrative



The rhetoric of narrative



Closure



Narration



Interpreting narrative



Three ways to interpret narrative



Adaptation across media



Character and self in narrative



Narrative and truth



Narrative worlds



Narrative contestation



Narrative negotiation


Bibliography


Glossary and topical index


Index of authors and narratives