{"product_id":"contemporary-feminist-fiction-and-a-katherine-j-weese-9780814215999","title":"Contemporary Feminist Fiction and a Case for Expanding Rhetorical Narratology","description":"In \u003ci\u003eContemporary Feminist Fiction and a Case for Expanding Rhetorical Narratology, \u003c\/i\u003e Katherine J. Weese explores intersections among rhetorical, unnatural, and feminist narrative theories and post-postmodern theory to argue that an expanded rhetorical poetics offers the most comprehensive model for illuminating recent works that employ unnatural devices for feminist purposes. This pluralist narratological framework is a vital counterpoint to theorists' tendency to read twentieth- and twenty-first-century novels through a post-postmodernist or metamodernist lens that overlooks unnatural, feminist, and rhetorical narrative theories. Examining Ali Smith's \u003ci\u003eThe Accidental\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHotel World, \u003c\/i\u003e Barbara Kingsolver's \u003ci\u003eThe Poisonwood Bible, \u003c\/i\u003e Toni Morrison's \u003ci\u003eBeloved, \u003c\/i\u003e Kate Atkinson's \u003ci\u003eA God in Ruins\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLife after Life, \u003c\/i\u003e and Ruth Ozeki's \u003ci\u003eA Tale for the Time Being, \u003c\/i\u003e Weese demonstrates how various narratological theories inform rather than compete with one another. Through an expanded rhetorical poetics, including a refined version of James Phelan's MTS (mimetic, thematic, synthetic) model, she reframes post-postmodern theorists' concerns with communicative function through a narratological lens to make the case that exploring the rhetorical function of unnatural devices challenges and extends the claims of narrow metamodern readings.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Katherine J. Weese\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0814215998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814215999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ohio State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/20\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs","brand":"Katherine J. Weese","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46974511382783,"sku":"9780814215999","price":89.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7c6cb2b0-15c5-4d80-ad71-af4b8d2b54c9.jpg?v=1750875247","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/contemporary-feminist-fiction-and-a-katherine-j-weese-9780814215999","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}