Teaching Narrative Theory

Name: Teaching Narrative Theory
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ISBN: 9781603290814

ISBN-10: 1603290818

ISBN-13: 9781603290814

Edition: 2010

Authors: David Herman, James Phelan, Brian McHale

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The last two decades have seen a burst of renewed interest in narrative theory across many academic disciplines as scholars analyze the power of storytelling in print and other media. Teaching Narrative Theory provides a comprehensive resource for instructors who aim to help students identify and understand the distinctive features of narrativity in a text or discourse and make use of the terms and concepts of the field. This volume in the Options for Teaching series is organized to assist teachers at different levels of instruction and in different disciplinary settings. In twenty-one essays, the contributors discuss narrative theory's various teaching contexts (e.g., classes on…

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List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Modern Language Association of America
Publication date: 1/1/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 332
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

Introduction	p. 1
Situations
The Undergraduate Literature Classroom	p. 19
The Undergraduate Theory Course	p. 33
The Graduate Classroom	p. 46
Across the Curriculum: Rhetoric and Composition	p. 61
Across the Curriculum: Creative Writing	p. 70
Across the Curriculum: Folklore and Ethnography	p. 79
Across the Curriculum: History/Historiography	p. 89
Across the Curriculum: Image-Text Studies	p. 98
Elements
Story, Plot, and Narrative Progression	p. 109
Time, Space, and Narrative Worlds	p. 123
Voice; or, Authors, Narrators, and Audiences	p. 137
Perspective	p. 151
Character and Characterization	p. 165
Genres and Media
Popular Genres	p. 181
Film	p. 195
Visual Culture	p. 208
Digital Media	p. 221
Interfaces
Gender	p. 237
Ethnicity	p. 252
Ethics	p. 266
Ideology and Critique	p. 281
Glossary	p. 295
Notes on Contributors	p. 317
Index	p. 321
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