Narrative Factuality: A Handbook (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9783110482805)

The study of narrative--the object of the rapidly growing discipline of narratology--has been traditionally concerned with the fictional narratives of literature, such as novels or short stories. But narrative is a transdisciplinary and transmedial concept whose manifestations encompass both the fictional and the factual. In this volume, which provides a companion piece to Tobias Klauk and Tilmann Kpe's Fiktionalit舩: Ein interdisziplin舐es Handbuch, the use of narrative to convey true and reliable information is systematically explored across media, cultures and disciplines, as well as in its narratological, stylistic, philosophical, and rhetorical dimensions. At a time when the notion of truth has come under attack, it is imperative to reaffirm the commitment to facts of certain types of narrative, and to examine critically the foundations of this commitment. But because it takes a background for a figure to emerge clearly, this book will also explore nonfactual types of narratives, thereby providing insights into the nature of narrative fiction that could not be reached from the narrowly literary perspective of early narratology.

Author: Monika Fludernik
ISBN-10: 3110482800
ISBN-13: 9783110482805
Publisher: de Gruyter
Language: English
Published: 12/16/2019
Pages: 789
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 3.05lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.88d