the living handbook of narratology

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Revisions for Narratology

Revision	Operations
19. January 2014 by Wilhelm Schernus	current revision
21. September 2013 by Wilhelm Schernus
26. June 2013 by Jan Horstmann

Definition
Explication
History of the Concept and its Study
Coining of the Term “Narratology”
Precursors
Plato and Aristotle: Representational Modes and the Functional Relation between Character and Action
The Normative Paradigm: 17th to early 20th-century Theories of the Novel
Re-introducing the Formal Paradigm: Spielhagen and Friedemann
From Catalogue to Formula: Aarne-Thompson vs. Propp
Russian Formalism
Pre-structuralist Theories of Narrative: Perspective, Time, Logic and Rhetoric
Perspective
Time
Logic and Rhetoric
French Structuralism: 1966–1980
Poststructuralist Narratology: 1980–1990
Post-classical Narratology and “New” Narratologies: 1990 to Present
Outlook
Topics for Further Investigation
Bibliography
Works Cited
Web Resources

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