A group for those interested in the theory of narrative, narratology, interdisciplinary narrative theory, narrativity, and the study of narrative structures.
José Angel García Landa deposited Distance and Dramatization: Henry James on the Art of Fiction (Narrative Theory, 4) in the group
Narrative theory and Narratology on Humanities Commons 1 week ago‘Narrative Theory’ is an online introduction to classical structuralist narratological analysis. The fourth section deals with the modes of narrative, “showing” and “telling”, as theorized by Henry James and other theorists of the dramatic aesthetics in narrative. Outline: 1. Two concepts of narrative distance. 2. The theory of the novel before…[Read more]
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José Angel García Landa deposited Time Structure in the Story: Gérard Genette, ‘Narrative Discourse’ (Narrative Theory, 3) in the group
Narrative theory and Narratology on Humanities Commons 4 weeks ago‘Narrative Theory’ is an online introduction to classical structuralist narratological analysis. The third section deals with the narrative articulation of time, taking as a guideline Gérard Genette’s theory in ‘Narrative Discourse’, modified as required. Outline: 1. The Generation of Story Time. 2. Fabula time. 3. Story time: order. 4. Story…[Read more]
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José Angel García Landa deposited The Structure of the Fabula (II): Boris Tomashevski, ‘Thematics’; Mieke Bal, ‘Narratology’ (Narrative Theory, 2) in the group
Narrative theory and Narratology on Humanities Commons 1 month ago‘Narrative Theory’ is an online introduction to classical structuralist narratological analysis. The second section addresses the structure of the action or fabula provided by the Russian Formalists, notably by Boris Tomashevski, contemplated from the standpoint provided by Mieke Bal’s structuralist theory of narrative. The chapter addresses the…[Read more]
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José Angel García Landa deposited The Structure of the Fabula (I): Aristotle’s ‘Poetics’ (Narrative Theory, 1) in the group
Narrative theory and Narratology on Humanities Commons 1 month, 2 weeks ago‘Narrative Theory’ is an online introduction to classical structuralist narratological analysis. The first section addresses the structure of the action or fabula, a mode of analysis that originates in Aristotle’s ‘Poetics’, a seminal work in the theory of narrative. Aristotle’s main concepts bearing on fabula structure are examined: his…[Read more]
Ruth Yvonne Hsu replied to the topic Proposed S/Z Reading Group (May-June 2018) in the discussion
Narrative theory and Narratology on Humanities Commons 1 month, 4 weeks agoBen:
I’m interested in contributing constructively to this online reading group. The text of Barthes’s that I know best is Mythologies. I read S/Z years ago while surveying the topography of narrative theory in general. I’m gearing up to teach a couple of narrative-heavy courses in the fall semester and planning to forge ahead with a writing…[Read more]
Diane Reynolds replied to the topic Proposed S/Z Reading Group (May-June 2018) in the discussion
Narrative theory and Narratology on Humanities Commons 1 month, 4 weeks agoHi Ben,
I would be interested in this reading. First, Barthes has been recrossing my path here and there during the past few years–first, in a reprint of marvelous early essays from the 1950s when he was writing for a socialist publication, and most recently from reading Katie Briggs’s This Little Art about translating Barthes’s last lectures.…[Read more]
Ben Carver started the topic Proposed S/Z Reading Group (May-June 2018) in the discussion
Narrative theory and Narratology on Humanities Commons 1 month, 4 weeks agoI propose a reading group whose only text will be S/Z, by Roland Barthes. I’m looking at this as part of a project on the relation between conspiracy and literary criticism, but would hope that fellow readers would bring other enthusiasms to the group.
My suggested method is a fortnightly online meeting, here, on Thursday evenings in May and June…[Read more]
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José Angel García Landa wrote a new post Narratologia in the group
Narrative theory and Narratology: on Humanities Commons 2 months agoNarratologia series—for sale in Poland: https://krainaksiazek.pl/ksiegarnia,m_products,se_000295715,Narratologia.html
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José Angel García Landa deposited Introduction to the Levels of Structural Analysis of the Narrative Text (Narrative Theory, 0) in the group
Narrative theory and Narratology on Humanities Commons 2 months ago‘Narrative Theory’ is an online introduction to classical structuralist narratological analysis. This preliminary section provides an introduction to the notion of level of analysis in narrative, and examines a number of theories bearing on the structure of the fabula (Aristotle, Tomashevsky, Bal) and of the story (Genette), with attention to the…[Read more]
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José Angel García Landa wrote a new post Introduction to the Levels of Structural Analysis of the Narrative Text in the group
Narrative theory and Narratology: on Humanities Commons 2 months agoIntroduction to the Levels of Structural Analysis of the Narrative Text (Narrative Theory, 0): https://hcommons.org/deposits/item/hc:18947/
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José Angel García Landa edited the post Deja vu in the group
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José Angel García Landa wrote a new post Una de anclajes in the group
Narrative theory and Narratology: on Humanities Commons 2 months agoUna de anclajes: http://vanityfea.blogspot.com.es/2018/04/retropost-1112-18-de-abril-de-2008-una.html
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José Angel García Landa deposited The Chains of Semiosis: Semiotics, Marxism, and the Female Stereotypes in ‘The Mill on the Floss’ in the group
Narrative theory and Narratology on Humanities Commons 2 months agoThis paper puts forward a theory of literary writing as a practice of ideological transformation. The example analyzed is the representation of the sexes in George Eliot’s novel ‘The Mill on the Floss’, a representation which is intertextually mediated, metafictional, and transformative, rather than merely “realistic” or spontaneous. This view of…[Read more]
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José Angel García Landa deposited Narratology and Deconstruction in the group
Narrative theory and Narratology on Humanities Commons 2 months agoThis note reflects on the deconstructivist critique of the “logocentric” nature of narratology, and puts forward a strategic cognitive use of narratological concepts and of deconstructive strategies which enables both approaches to work together.
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José Angel García Landa wrote a new post Literariness, Fictionality, and the Theory of Possible Worlds in the group
Narrative theory and Narratology: on Humanities Commons 2 months agoGrishakova, Marina. “Literariness, Fictionality, and the Theory of Possible Worlds.” In Narrative, Fictionality, and Literariness: The Narrative Turn and the Study of Literary Fiction. Ed. Lars-Åke Skalin. […]
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José Angel García Landa wrote a new post Нарративная репрезентация риска и коллективная память in the group
Narrative theory and Narratology: on Humanities Commons 2 months agoMuravieva, Larissa. (Л. Е. Муравьева). “Нарративная репрезентация риска и коллективная память: к постановке проблемы.” Новый филологический вестник 1.44 (2018): 57-68. Online at Academia.*
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José Angel García Landa wrote a new post The Structure of the Fabula: Tomashevski and Bal in the group
Narrative theory and Narratology: on Humanities Commons 2 months, 1 week agoThe Structure of the Fabula: Tomashevski and Bal: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/314513422
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José Angel García Landa wrote a new post The phrase that launched a thousand ships in the group
Narrative theory and Narratology: on Humanities Commons 2 months, 1 week agoLa frase que lanzó mil barcos al mar: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/272305788
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José Angel García Landa deposited Reflexivity in the Narrative Technique of ‘As I Lay Dying’ in the group
Narrative theory and Narratology on Humanities Commons 2 months, 1 week agoThis paper offers a metafictional reading of William Faulkner’s novel AS I LAY DYING (1930), a reading which goes beyond the usual mimetic interpretation of this novel as an exploration of the characters’ psychology. Faulkner’s writing also explores and allegorizes itself, through the creation of paradoxical narrative forms which carry out an…[Read more]
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José Angel García Landa wrote a new post Reflexivity in the Narrative Technique of ‘As I Lay Dying’ in the group
Narrative theory and Narratology: on Humanities Commons 2 months, 1 week agoReflexivity in the Narrative Technique of ‘As I Lay Dying’: https://hcommons.org/deposits/item/hc:18859/
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