Unlikely Stories: Causality and the Nature of Modern NarrativeUnlikely Stories is the first book-length study of the full range of causal issues in narrative, and explores the neglected question of just what brings about events in a fictional text. This book focuses on causality as a foundational element of all narratives, and as a distinguishing feature of many of the most compelling works of distinctively modern fiction and drama. Richardson draws on a wide range of literary texts: seminal ancient and early modern works, the classics of high modernism, and numerous avant-garde and postmodern pieces, as well as narratives by recent postcolonial and U.S. ethnic authors. |
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Inhalt
| 9 | |
Ideological Contestations | 35 |
Systems of Causation | 61 |
Temporal Sequence Causal Connection | 89 |
Necessity | 111 |
NonWestern Beliefs | 139 |
Tom Stoppard | 157 |
Language Interpretation | 182 |
Works Cited | 200 |
| 215 | |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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Bibliografische Informationen
| Titel | Unlikely Stories: Causality and the Nature of Modern Narrative |
| Autor/in | Brian Richardson |
| Verlag | University of Delaware Press, 1997 |
| ISBN | 0874136091, 9780874136098 |
| Länge | 219 Seiten |
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