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Coste, Didier

 
9780816617203: Narrative As Communication: Volume 64 (Theory and History of Literature)
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ISBN 10: 0816617201 ISBN 13: 9780816617203
Editorial: University of Minnesota Press, 1989

Sinopsis

Narrative as Communication is the first major treatise on narrative and narrative theory to make use of all the analytic tools developed in the twenty years. Intended as an up-to-date introduction, it carefully defines narrative discourse, distinguishing it from other discourses, and analyzes what it entails by referring to numerous examples spanning a wide range of media and literary works. At the same time, it orients narrative theory in the current debates surrounding the “New Historicism” and postmodern ideology, showing that theories of narrative are necessarily central to any understanding of history.

Not restricted to any single genre, Coste’s text emphasizes the production of narrative meaning in diverse contexts: The Epic of Gilgamesh, a John Ford film classic, French American, and Spanish new fiction, Dante, Shakespeare, the pastoral, the fairy tale, The Communist Manifesto, Prescott’s History of the Conquest of Peru, a painting by Gustave Moreau. Coste thoroughly and critically examines the usual concepts of voice, character, point of view and narrative syntax, and he develops radical revisions in the notion of fictionality, character, narrative economy and the function of narrative meaning itself. The book is a remarkable synthesis that will likely become a reference for future studies in narratology.

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Didier Coste is professor of French at San Diego State University. Wlad Godzich is professor of comparative literature at the Universite de Montreal and co-editor of the Theory and History of Literature series.

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Editorial
University of Minnesota Press
Año de publicación
1989
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0816617201
ISBN 13 
9780816617203
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Número de páginas
400
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ISBN 10:  0816617198 ISBN 13:  9780816617197
Editorial: University of Minnesota Press, 1989
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