The narrated action in literary texts is the focus of this book. After surveying different philosophical approaches to the concept of action a new model of action is formed. The second part of the study puts the action model into practise in the context of a computer-aided inves…
This introduction to studying comics and graphic novels is a structured guide to a popular topic. It deploys new cognitive methods of textual analysis and features activities and exercises throughout.
This book defines narrative theory and gives an overview of its history and key concepts. To illustrate the theory the author then applies narrative techniques to a range of popular forms of mass media including fairy tales, comics, novels and films.
In his own controversial style, Arthur Berger provides an examination of narrative theory and its application to readers' everyday experiences with popular forms of mass media.
"Narrative Complexity is an interdisciplinary volume that explores aesthetic, cognitive, and technological aspects of narrative complexity. This volume offers a new conceptual framework for the study of narrative complexity"--.
Providing insights into how readers interpret narrative texts, Narratology: Introduction to the Theory on Narrative, Fourth Edition, is a guide for students and scholars seeking to analyze narratives of any language, period, and region with clear, systematic, and reliable concep…
"Already a seminal work and international classic, Narratology is revised and updated in this fourth edition to include a greater emphasis on literary texts"--Back of book
Arranged in an A-Z format, this is a comprehensive reference resource for scholars, teachers, and students of narrative theory.
