02773nam a22002417a 450000500170000000800410001702000180005802801270007608200120020310000220021524500630023725000130030026000520031330000470036536500090041250517580042152002120217965000150239165000760240665000150248265500120249770000220250920190226124627.0190220b        xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9780521715157  a:International Book Distributorsb:Flat No 14, Prakash Apartment 5 Ansari Road Darya Ganj New Delhic:113226d:24/01/2019   a808 ABB  aAbbott, H. Porter  aThe Cambridge introduction to Narrativec/ H Porter Abbott  a2nd ed.   aNew York b: Cambridge University Press,c 2002  axiv, 252 pagesb : illustrations c; 24 cm  b2106  aPreface; 1. Narrative and life: The universality of narrative; Narrative and time; Narrative perception; 2. Defining narrative: The bare minimum; Story and narrative discourse; The mediation (construction) of story; Constituent and supplementary events; Narrativity; 3. The borders of narrative: Framing narratives; Paratexts; The outer limits of narrative; Is it narrative or is it life itself?; 4. The rhetoric of narrative: Causation; Normalization; Masterplots; Narrative rhetoric at work; 5. Closure: Conflict: the agon; Closure and endings; Closure, suspense, and surprise; Closure at the level of expectations; Closure at the level of questions; Absence of closure; 6. Narration: a few words on interpretation: The narrator; Voice; Focalization; Distance; Reliability; Free indirect style; Narration on stage and screen; 7. Interpretation: The implied author; Underreading; Overreading; Gaps; Cruxes; Repetition: themes and motifs; 8. Three ways to interpret narrative: The question of wholeness in narrative; Intentional readings; Symptomatic readings; Adaptive readings; 9. Adaptation across media: Adaptation as creative destruction; Duration and pace; Character; Figurative language; Gaps; Focalization; Constraints of the marketplace; 10. Character and self in narrative: Character vs. action; Flat and round characters; Can characters be real?; Types; Autobiography; Life writing as performative; 11. Narrative contestation: A contest of narratives; A narrative lattice-work; Shadow stories; Motivation and personality; Masterplots and types; Revising cultural masterplots; Battling narratives are everywhere; 12. Narrative negotiation; Critical reading as narrative negotiation; Closure one more time; The end of closure?; Glossary; Index.  aDesigned to help readers understand what narrative is, how it is constructed, how it acts upon us, how we act upon it, how it is transmitted, and how it changes when the medium or the cultural context change  aLiterature  aRhetoric & collections of literary texts from more than two literatures  a Narration  aFiction  aAbbott, H. Porter