Narratology: Introduction to the Theory of Narrative - Softcover

Bal, Mieke

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802078060 ISBN 13: 9780802078063

Publisher: University of Toronto Press, 1997

Synopsis

Since its first publication in English in 1985, Mieke Bal's Narratology has become the international classic and comprehensive introduction to the theory of narrative texts. Narratology is a systematic account of narrative techniques, methods, their transmission, and reception, in which Bal distills years of study of the ways in which we understand both literary and non-literary works. In this third edition, Bal updates the book to include more analysis of film narratives while also sharpening and tightening her language to make it the most readable and student-friendly edition to date. Bal also introduces new sections that treat and clarify several modernist texts that pose narratological challenges. With changes prompted by ten years of feedback from scholars and teachers, Narratology remains the most important contribution to the study of the way narratives work, are formed, and are received.

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Review:

'The study conveniently assimilates various concepts of narrative theory, regularly avoids imposing terminology, and reduces theoretical problems to their simplest elements. In doing so, "Narratology: Introduction" creates a system of agreeable concepts for the interpreter uninitiated in structuralism. It is the quality of the reader's structuralist interpretation of texts that is likely to be improved here.' - Peter Stoicheff - University of Toronto Quarterly

About the Author:

Mieke Bal is Academy Professor of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0802078060
• ISBN 13: 9780802078063
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 256