Fictions of Discourse: Reading Narrative Theory

Patrick O'Neill

Published by University of Toronto Press 1996

Fictions of Discourse

Reading Narrative Theory

Patrick O'Neill

In the series Theory / Culture

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442674868

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About this book

O’Neill investigates the extent to which narrative discourse subverts the story it tells in foregrounding its own performance.

Author / Editor information

O'Neill Patrick :

Patrick O'Neill is a professor emeritus in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Queen's University.

Reviews

Gerald Prince, University of Pennsylvannia:

'In this fine study, Patrick O'Neill expands and problematizes the classic model developed by structural narratology...Fictions of Discourse is well informed and highly readable. It represents a substantial contribution to our comprehension of narrative functioning.'

Holgar Pausch, University of Alberta:

'In this fine study, Patrick O'Neill expands and problematizes the classic model developed by structural narratology...Fictions of Discourse is well informed and highly readable. It represents a substantial contribution to our comprehension of narrative functioning.'

Andrew Hadfield:

'O'Neill's book is to be recommended as an introduction to the fascinating questions of narrative theory.'

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1 Theory Games: Narratives and Narratologies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
2 Narrative Facts and Other Fictions: Story and Discourse Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
3 Discourse Discoursed: The Ventriloquism Effect Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	58
4 Points of Origin: The Focalization Factor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
5 Texts and Textuality: The Shapers and the Shaped Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
6 Games Texts Play: Reading between the Narratives Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	132
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	161
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 190

eBook

Published: June 28, 1996
ISBN: 9781442674868