ABSTRACT

In this book, first published in 1981, the author argues that narrative is an interaction between "the presented world and the presentational process" and attempts to define narrative from the perspective of reading. The Reader’s Construction of Narrative includes chapters on narrative language, translating narrative and discusses what happens when we read a narrative text. This book will be of particular interest to students of literary theory.

chapter 3|17 pages

Narrative language

chapter 5|19 pages

Ladders of fictionality

chapter 9|18 pages

Parodic narrative

chapter 10|23 pages

Narrative and the form-content metaphor

chapter 11|13 pages

Translating narrative