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Story and discourse : narrative structure in fiction and film

Paperback • 1978 • English

Story and discourse : narrative structure in fiction and film

By Seymour Chatman

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<p>This book is the first comprehensive approach in English to a general theory of narrative, both in verbal and in visual media. The primary question to which Professor Chatman addresses himself is what narrative is in itself. Following such French structuralists as Roland Barthes, Tzvetan Todorov, and Gerard Genette, he posits a what and a way. "The what of narrative," he says, "I call its 'story'; the way, I call its 'discourse.'" Liberally illustrating his concepts with discussions of partic...Show more

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ISBN

9780801491863

Publisher

Ithaca : Cornell University Press

Published year

1978

Language

English

Original title

Story and discourse : narrative structure in fiction and film

Format

Paperback

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