Strange Voices in Narrative Fiction

From its beginnings narratology has incorporated a communicative model of literary narratives, considering these as simulations of natural, oral acts of communication. This approach, however, has had some problems with accounting for the strangeness and anomalies of modern and postmodern narratives. As many skeptics have shown, not even classical realism conforms to the standard set by oral or 'natural' storytelling. Thus, an urge to confront narratology with the difficult task of reconsidering a most basic premise in its theoretical and analytical endeavors has, for some time, been undeniable.
During the 2000s, Nordic narratologists have been among the most active and insistent critics of the communicative model. They share a marked skepticism towards the idea of using 'natural' narratives as a model for understanding and interpreting all kinds of narratives, and for all of them, the distinction of fiction is of vital importance.
This anthology presents a collection of new articles that deal with strange narratives, narratives of the strange, or, more generally, with the strangeness of fiction, and even with some strange aspects of narratology.

About the author

Per Krogh Hansen, University of Southern Denmark, Kolding, Denmark; Stefan Iversen, Henrik Skov Nielsen and Rolf Reitan, Aarhus University, Denmark.

Product details

• Assisted by: Per Krogh Hansen (Editor), Stefa Iversen (Editor), Stefan Iversen (Editor), Per Krogh Hansen (Editor), Henrik Skov Nielsen (Editor), Rolf Reitan (Editor), Henrik Skov Nielsen et al (Editor)
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English, German
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.2011
• EAN: 9783110268577
• ISBN: 978-3-11-026857-7
• No. of pages: 268
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 18 mm x 238 mm
• Weight: 530 g
• Series: Narratologia; Narratologia; ISSN
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Literaturwissenschaft, Literaturtheorie, Grossbritannien, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Vereinigtes Königreich, Großbritannien, Literaturwissenschaft, allgemein, britisch, Britannien, Brite, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, Schreiben - Schreibunterricht, Erzählforschung, Erzähltheorie; Stimme/i.d. Narratologie; Narrative Theory; Narratology; Unnatural Narratives; Voice in Literature