Strange Voices in Narrative Fiction

Published by De Gruyter 2011

Strange Voices in Narrative Fiction

Edited by: Per Krogh Hansen , Stefan Iversen , Henrik Skov Nielsen and Rolf Reitan

Volume 30 in the series Narratologia

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110268645

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From its beginnings narratology has incorporated a communicative model of literary narratives, considering these as simulations of natural, oral acts of communication. This approach, however, has had some problems with accounting for the strangeness and anomalies of modern and postmodern narratives. As many skeptics have shown, not even classical realism conforms to the standard set by oral or ‘natural’ storytelling. Thus, an urge to confront narratology with the difficult task of reconsidering a most basic premise in its theoretical and analytical endeavors has, for some time, been undeniable.

During the 2000s, Nordic narratologists have been among the most active and insistent critics of the communicative model. They share a marked skepticism towards the idea of using ‘natural’ narratives as a model for understanding and interpreting all kinds of narratives, and for all of them, the distinction of fiction is of vital importance.

This anthology presents a collection of new articles that deal with strange narratives, narratives of the strange, or, more generally, with the strangeness of fiction, and even with some strange aspects of narratology.

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Per Krogh Hansen, University of Southern Denmark, Kolding, Denmark; Stefan Iversen, Henrik Skov Nielsen and Rolf Reitan, Aarhus University, Denmark.

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Introduction Per Krogh Hansen, Stefan Iversen, Henrik Skov Nielsen and Rolf Reitan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Homonymy, Polysemy and Synonymy: Reflections on the Notion of Voice SYLVIE PATRON Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
‘Alternate Strains are to the Muses Dear’: The Oddness of Genette’s Voice in Narrative Discourse RIKKE ANDERSEN KRAGLUND Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
Fictional Voices? Strange Voices? Unnatural Voices? HENRIK SKOV NIELSEN Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
Significant Deviations: Strange Uses of Voice are One among other Means of Meaning Making PEER F. BUNDGAARD Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
How Strange Are the “Strange Voices” of Fiction? LARS-ÅKE SKALIN Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	101
Theorizing Second-Person Narratives: A Backwater Project? ROLF REITAN Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
Toward a Typology of Virtual Narrative Voices MARINA GRISHAKOVA Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	175
Masters of Interiority. Figural Voices as Discursive Appropriators and as Loopholes in Narrative Communication MARIA MÄKELÄ Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
The Fifth Mode of Representation: Ambiguous Voices in Unreliable Third-Person Narration POUL BEHRENDT and PER KROGH HANSEN Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	219
Unnatural Voices in Ulysses: Joyce’s Postmodern Modes of Narration BRIAN RICHARDSON Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	253
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	265

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Scholars and Students (Literary Studies, Narratology), Libraries; Departments
Pages
- Front matter: 6
- Main content: 268
Keywords: Narrative Theory; Narratology; Unnatural Narratives; Voice in Literature

eBook

Published: October 27, 2011
ISBN: 9783110268645

Hardcover

Published: October 17, 2011
ISBN: 9783110268577