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This comprehensive, accessible guidebook traces the ways in which centuries of human beings have used narrative to make sense of time, space and identity. Particular attention is given to:
* early narrative, from Hellenic and Hebraic
* the rise of the novel
* realist representation
* imperialism and narrative
* modernism and cinema
* postmodern narrative
* narrative and new technologies.
With a strong emphasis on clarity and a range of examples from oral cultures to cyberspace, this is the ideal guide to an essential critical topic.
* early narrative, from Hellenic and Hebraic
* the rise of the novel
* realist representation
* imperialism and narrative
* modernism and cinema
* postmodern narrative
* narrative and new technologies.
With a strong emphasis on clarity and a range of examples from oral cultures to cyberspace, this is the ideal guide to an essential critical topic.
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Human beings have constantly told stories, presented events and translated the world into narrative form. This translation into narrative suggests a very basic way of looking at the world, yet, this book argues, even the most seemingly simple of stories is embedded in a complex network of relations. Paul Cobley traces these relations, considering the ways in which humans have employed narrative over the centuries to 're-present' time, space and identity.
The guidebook covers a range of narrative forms and their related periods from early oral and literate forms through to cyberspace, encompassing Hellenic and Hebriac foundations, the rise of the novel, realist representations, narratives of imperialism, modernism and cinema, postmodernism and new technologies.
Written in a clear, engaging style and featuring an extensive glossary of terms, this is the essential introduction to narrative and narratological theory.
--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
The guidebook covers a range of narrative forms and their related periods from early oral and literate forms through to cyberspace, encompassing Hellenic and Hebriac foundations, the rise of the novel, realist representations, narratives of imperialism, modernism and cinema, postmodernism and new technologies.
Written in a clear, engaging style and featuring an extensive glossary of terms, this is the essential introduction to narrative and narratological theory.
--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is an invaluable resource for anyone studying English Literature at university level. It covers many different genres, from Romanticism to crime fiction. Cobley presents his information and ideas as a debate not a lecture, and has thouroughly researched his topic. The arguments of numerous major critics are cited alongside examples from various literature, classic to modern. Not only is it useful if you are studying Narrative as a topic in itself, but with the narrator being central to any kind of literary text it can be useful for a more general study. It's well structured, easy to browse through for what's relevent and full of useful quotes. So if you're studying the rise of the novel, Austen and her contemporaries or the Modernists you shouldn't write an essay without first reading this book as a secondary source.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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A well presented and argued summary of the narrative form in literature. Extremely thorough profound and useful, easy to follow. A definitive textbook for Critical literature.
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14 Feb 2010
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A good example of the sort of book that sells through Amazon that one would never have purchased if given the opportunity to flip through it at a bookshop beforehand.
The concept is solid - a bite-sized historical review of the narrative and narrative theory. Unfortunately, the delivery is unfinished and uneven. The weakest element are the examples cited - the book is framed around them - and they are for the most part extremely ill-chosen pop-culture references. Other quirks like the distracting in-text reference citations (as opposed to footnotes or endnotes) really make the case that this book could have benefited from the guiding hand of a professional editor at an early stage.
The book ultimately reads like a phd dissertation from a lower rank university. While the casual reader might be introduced to a few key names and concepts - further reading will be required to actually understand them, or even to get a proper summation. A pity really because this book - as the concept - could have filled an important niche.
The concept is solid - a bite-sized historical review of the narrative and narrative theory. Unfortunately, the delivery is unfinished and uneven. The weakest element are the examples cited - the book is framed around them - and they are for the most part extremely ill-chosen pop-culture references. Other quirks like the distracting in-text reference citations (as opposed to footnotes or endnotes) really make the case that this book could have benefited from the guiding hand of a professional editor at an early stage.
The book ultimately reads like a phd dissertation from a lower rank university. While the casual reader might be introduced to a few key names and concepts - further reading will be required to actually understand them, or even to get a proper summation. A pity really because this book - as the concept - could have filled an important niche.
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