Narrative Causalities

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Ohio State University Press, 2006 - 247 pages
Narrative Causalities offers both an argument and a methodology. The argument is that interpretations of the consequences and causes of events are contextual and that narratives, by determining the context in which events are perceived, shape interpretations. The methodology, on which the argument is based, is a theory of functions. A function, in this theory, is a position in a causal sequence. A set of functions provides a vocabulary to analyze and compare interpretations of the causes and consequences of events-in our world, in narratives about our world, and in fictional narratives.
 

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Functions
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Two Versions
27
Lingering at Functions D E and
104
Jamess The Turn
126
The Lyric the Image
157
The Image Where
179
Glossary
197
Notes
203
Works Cited
235
Index
243
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