Narrative Fiction : Contemporary Poetics Sara Barnard Publisher: Prentice Hall

Publisher: Prentice Hall

an afterword by Ariel Rubinstein

'Butler writes with such a familiarity that the alien is welcome and intriguing

encouraging readers to choose joy in every circumstance

behind all of these conspiracies both real and imagined

Narrative Fiction : Contemporary Poetics Sara Barnard Publisher: Prentice HallWhat is a narrative? What is narrative fiction? How does it differ from other kinds of narrative? What featuers turn a discourse into a narrative text? Now widely acknowledged as one of the most significant volumes in its field, Narrative Fiction turns its attention to these and other questions. In contrast to many other studies, Narrative Fiction is organized arround issues such as events, time, focalization, characterization, narration, the text and