Living to tell about it : a rhetoric and ethics of character narration

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Phelan, James, 1951- (Author)
Format Book
LanguageEnglish
Published Ithaca, N.Y. ; London : Cornell University Press, c2005
Subjects
naratologie
vypravěčské techniky
vyprávění
struktura a kompozice textu
narratology
narrative techniques
storytelling
text composition
studie
studies
Online AccessObsah
ISBN0801489288
Physical Descriptionxiv, 236 s. ; 23 cm

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : disclosure functions, narrator functions, and the distinctiveness of character narration, or, A rhetoric and ethics of "Barbie-Q"
  • The lessons of "Weymouth" : the implied author, unreliability, and ethical positioning : The remains of the day
  • Unreliable narration, restricted narration, and the implied author in memoir : Angela's ashes and (a glance at) Tis
  • Dual focalization, discourse as story, and ethics : Lolita
  • Suppressed narration in confessional memoir : The kiss
  • Progression and audience engagement in lyric narratives : "Now I lay me" and "Doc's story"
  • Epilogue : serial narration, observer narration, and mask narration

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