The Cambridge Companion to Narrative Theory (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781108449724)

Narrative theory is essential to everything from history to lyric poetry, from novels to the latest Hollywood blockbuster. Narrative theory explores how stories work and how we make them work. This Companion is both an introduction and a contribution to the field. It presents narrative theory as an approach to understanding all kinds of cultural production: from literary texts to historiography, from film and videogames to philosophical discourse. It takes the long historical view, outlines essential concepts, and reflects on the way narrative forms connect with and rework social forms. The volume analyzes central premises, identifies narrative theory's feminist foundations, and elaborates its significance to queer theory and issues of race. The specially commissioned essays are exciting to read, uniting accessibility and rigor, traditional concerns with a renovated sense of the field as a whole, and analytical clarity with stylistic dash. Topical and substantial, The Cambridge Companion to Narrative Theory is an engaging resource on a key contemporary concept.

Author: Matthew Garrett
ISBN-10: 1108449727
ISBN-13: 9781108449724
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/01/2018
Pages: 298
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.50d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 05/01/2019