Coincidence and Counterfactuality : Plotting Time and Space in Narrative Fiction
Hilary P. Dannenberg
Bok Engelsk 2008 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Lincoln : : University of Nebraska Press, , 2008.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (305 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; List of Figures; Preface; Introduction; Part 1: Theorizing Time and Space in Narrative Fiction; 1. Cognitive Plotting: Crossing Narrative Boundaries and Connecting Worlds; 2. Ontological Plotting: Narrative as a Multiplicity of Temporal Dimensions; 3. Spatial Plotting: Paths, Links, and Portals; Part 2: Theorizing Coincidence and Counterfactuality; 4. The Coincidence Plot; 5. Counterfactuals and Other Alternate Narrative Worlds; Part 3: Coincidence and Counterfactuality in the History of Narrative Fiction; 6. The Metamorphoses of the Coincidence Plot. - 7. The Narrative Evolution of CounterfactualsConclusion; Source Acknowledgments; Notes; Glossary of Key Terms; Works Cited; Index. - In Coincidence and Counterfactuality, a groundbreaking analysis of plot, Hilary P. Dannenberg sets out to answer the perennial question of how to tell a good story. While plot is among the most integral aspects of storytelling, it is perhaps the least studied aspect of narrative. Using plot theory to chart the development of narrative fiction from the Renaissance to the present, Dannenberg demonstrates how the novel has evolved over time and how writers have developed increasingly complex narrative strategies which tap into key cognitive parameters familiar to the reader from real-life experie
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| ISBN | 9780803210936
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