Story logic : problems and possibilities of narrative /

"Featuring a major synthesis and critique of interdisciplinary narrative theory, Story Logic marks a watershed moment in the study of narrative. David Herman argues that narrative is simultaneously a cognitive style, a discourse genre, and a resource for writing. Because stories are strategies...

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Main Author: Herman, David, 1962- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lincoln ; London : University of Nebraska Press, [2002]
Series:Frontiers of narrative
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Table of Contents:
  • Narrative microdesigns. States, events, and actions ; Action representations ; Scripts, sequences, and stories ; Participant roles and relations ; Dialogues and styles
  • Narrative macrodesigns. Temporalities ; Spatialization ; Perspectives ; Contextual anchoring.