Narratology - An Introduction

This book is a standard work for modern narrative theory. It provides a terminological and theoretical system of reference for future research. The author explains and discusses in detail problems of communication structure and entities of a narrative work, point of view, the relationship between narrator's text and character's text, narrativity and eventfulness, and narrative transformations of happenings. The book outlines a theory of narration and analyses central narratological categories such as fiction, mimesis, author, reader, narrator etc. A detailed bibliography and glossary of narratological terms make this book a compendium of narrative theory which is of relevance for scholars and students of all literary disciplines.

About the author

Wolf Schmid, University of Hamburg, Germany.

Product details

• Authors: Wolf Schmid
• Assisted by: Alexander Starritt (Translation)
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English, German
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2010
• EAN: 9783110226317
• ISBN: 978-3-11-022631-7
• No. of pages: 258
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 14 mm x 231 mm
• Weight: 408 g
• Series: De Gruyter Textbook; De Gruyter Texte; Gruyter - de Gruyter Texte; Gruyter Textbook; De Gruyter Textbook; De Gruyter Texte
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies