Reading Narrative Fiction 0023221119, 9780023221118
This short fiction anthology offers a more precise and extensive treatment of narrative technique than other books of it
358 48 37KB
English Pages 658 Year 1993
Table of contents :
Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 5
Preface......Page 9
Contents......Page 13
Introduction: The Pleasures of Reading Fiction......Page 19
1 What Is a Narrative? Some Basic Terms......Page 25
2 Plot......Page 38
3 Character and Setting......Page 76
4 Narration: Narrator and Narratee......Page 108
5 Point of View: Character's Filter and Narrator's Slant......Page 148
6 Narrative Irony......Page 204
7 Authors and Readers: Real and Implied......Page 258
8 Theme and Ideology......Page 291
9 Narrative Limits: Experimental and Postmodern Fiction......Page 322
Further Reading......Page 365
How to Write about Fiction......Page 621
Glossary......Page 643
Index......Page 655
Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 5
Preface......Page 9
Contents......Page 13
Introduction: The Pleasures of Reading Fiction......Page 19
1 What Is a Narrative? Some Basic Terms......Page 25
2 Plot......Page 38
3 Character and Setting......Page 76
4 Narration: Narrator and Narratee......Page 108
5 Point of View: Character's Filter and Narrator's Slant......Page 148
6 Narrative Irony......Page 204
7 Authors and Readers: Real and Implied......Page 258
8 Theme and Ideology......Page 291
9 Narrative Limits: Experimental and Postmodern Fiction......Page 322
Further Reading......Page 365
How to Write about Fiction......Page 621
Glossary......Page 643
Index......Page 655
