Narrative causalities / Emma Kafalenos.

Author/creator Kafalenos, Emma
Format Book
Publication InfoColumbus : Ohio State University Press, ©2006.
Descriptionxiii, 247 pages ; 24 cm.
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects

SeriesTheory and interpretation of narrative
Theory and interpretation of narrative series. ^A378900
Contents Reading narrative causalities: functions and functional polyvalence -- The princess and the pea(s): two versions, different causalities -- Nonchronological narration: Poe's "The assignation" and Browning's "My last duchess" -- The comforts that function c brings: Shakespeare's Hamlet, Racine's Phaedra, and James's Daisy Miller -- Lingering at functions d, e, and f: James's The ambassadors and Kafka's "Before the law" -- Sequential perception: James's The turn of the screw and Balzac's Sarrasine -- Narrative borderlands I: the lyric, the image, and the isolated moment as temporal hinge -- Narrative borderlands II: the image where stories proliferate in novels by Robbe-Grillet and others.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 235-241) and index.
LCCN 2005034750
ISBN0814210252 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0814291023 (cd-rom)
ISBN9780814210253

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Joyner General Stacks PN701 .K34 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold