Currie, Mark
Postmodern Narrative Theory
- ISBN 13:
- 9780230249363
- author:
- Currie, Mark
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Palgrave Macmillan
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2010
- Pages:
- 216
- Dimensions:
- 155mm X 235mm
- Genre:
- Literature
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 5 working days
Description
Postmodern Narrative Theory by Mark Currie provides a comprehensive exploration of how developments in literary and cultural theory have transformed our understanding of narrative. This revised edition guides students through the complex theories that have shaped the study of narrative in recent decades, establishing links between fictional narratives and non-fictional world, and exploring the relationship between postmodern narrative and postmodern theory. The book charts the transition in narrative theory from formalist beginnings to its current concerns with social, cultural, and cognitive uses of narrative. It presents detailed illustrative readings of known literary texts, including Stevenson's Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Conrad's Heart of Darkness, as well as a new chapter on Coetzee's Elizabeth Costello and Slow Man. Approachable and stimulating, Postmodern Narrative Theory is an ideal introduction for anyone studying postmodernism, the theory of narrative, or contemporary fiction.
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