Narrative
A Critical Linguistic Introduction
Published on 1. November 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-0-415-86745-0 (ISBN)
Description
This comprehensive, accessible guidebook traces the ways in which human beings have used narrative to make sense of time, space and identity over the centuries. 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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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
2 s/w Tabellen
2 Tables, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-415-86745-0 (9780415867450)
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Person
Paul Cobley is Reader in Communications at London Guildhall University. He is author of The American Thriller and Introducing Semiotics, and editor of The Communication Theory Reader, The Routledge Companion to Semiotics and Linguistics and (with Adam Briggs) The Media: An Introduction. Guildhall University. He is the author of Routledge's Communication Theory Reader.