03153nam a22003854a 4500 31918 BD-DhAAL 20211121143157.0 170705s2011 enk b 001 0 eng 38202 38202 2010053338 9780230249363 (pbk.) 0230249361 (pbk.) 9780230249356 (hbk.) 0230249353 (hbk.) DLC DLC YDX BTCTA CDX UKM YDXCP OUP BWX COO DLC BD-DhAAL PN212 .C87 2011 808.3 23 Currie, Mark, 1962- 21736 Postmodern narrative theory / Mark Currie. 2nd edition Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. xii, 198 p ages ; 22 cm. Transitions Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction -- The manufacture of identities -- Terminologisation -- Theoretical fiction -- Narrative, politics and history -- Culture and schizophrenia -- True lies: unreliable identities in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde -- The dark clouds of enlightenment: socio-narratology and Heart of Darkness -- Postmodern narrative theory reading postmodern narrative: Coetzee's Elizabeth Costello and Slow Man How have developments in literary and cultural theory transformed our understanding of narrative? What has happened to narrative in the wake of poststructuralism? What is the role and function of narrative in the contemporary world? In this revised, updated and expanded new edition of an established text, Mark Currie explores these central questions and guides students through the complex theories that have shaped the study of narrative in recent decades. Postmodern Narrative Theory, Second Edition: Establishes direct links between the workings of fictional narratives and those of the non-fictional world Charts the transition in narrative theory from its formalist beginnings, through deconstruction, towards its current concerns with the social, cultural and cognitive uses of narrative Explores the relationship between postmodern narrative and postmodern theory more closely Presents detailed illustrative readings of known literary texts such as Stevensons Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Conrads Heart of Darkness, and now features a new chapter on Coetzees Elizabeth Costello and Slow Man. Approachable and stimulating, this is an essential introduction for anyone studying postmodernism, the theory of narrative or contemporary fiction-- ENH 31918,31919 Narration (Rhetoric). 21737 Postmodernism (Literature). 21738 English literature. 42906 ddc BK 0 0 ddc 0 808_300000000000000_CUR 0 60891 BRACUL BRACUL FIC 2017-07-05 Karim International 2500.00 9 34 808.3 CUR 3010031919 2026-01-04 2025-10-20 2 2500.00 2017-07-05 BK 0 0 ddc 0 808_300000000000000_CUR 0 60892 BRACUL BRACUL FIC 2017-07-05 Karim International 2500.00 7 64 808.3 CUR 3010031918 2025-12-22 2025-09-21 1 2500.00 2017-07-05 BK