NARRATIVE
Having written a number of pieces on different aspect of narrative theory, many of which were later combined into chapters of books, I will here identify the most current and comprehensive accounts. Unless otherwise indicated, each item refers to a chapter in one of my books.
Authors: “Actual Authors” in Essays in Narrative and Fictionality, 1-8.
Beginnings: A Poetics of Plot, Chapter 2, “Modelling Narrative Beginnings,” 37-58; General introduction and section introductions, Narrative Beginnings: Theories and Practices, 1-14, 79-82, 191-194.
Boundaries of Narrative: “Modern Fiction, the Poetics of Lists, and the Boundaries of Narrative,” Essays in Narrative and Fictionality, 49-61.
Causal Laws Governing Fictional Worlds: Unlikely Stories, Chapter 2, 61-88.
Character Theory: Narrative Theory: Core Concepts and Current Debates, Chapter 5, section four, “Character,” 132-138.
“Unnatural Characters in Fiction, Drama, and Popular Culture: Beyond the Humanist Paradigm.” Unnatural Narratology: Extensions, Revisions, and Challenges, 135-163.
“Transtextual Characters.” Characters in Fictional Worlds: Understanding Imaginary Beings in Literature, Film, and Other Media, edited by Jens Eder, Fotis Jannidis, and Ralf Schneider, De Gruyter, 2010, pp. 527-541.
Denarration: Unnatural Voices, 87-91.
Drama, Narratology of: Essays in Narrative and Fictionality, 73-84.
Endings: A Poetics of Plot, Chapter 7, “Narrative Endings: Fixed, Unfixed, Illusory, and Unnatural,” 149-168.
“Endings in Drama and Performance: A Theoretical Model.” Current Trends in Narratology, edited by Greta Olsen, De Gruyter, 2011, pp. 181-199.
Fabula: A Poetics of Plot, 127-133.
Feminist Narrative Theory: Unnatural Narrative Chapter 7, “Oppositional Literature and Unnatural Poetics,” 143-162. “Feminist Fiction and Unnatural Narrative Theory.” Storyworlds, vol. 8, no. 2, 2016, pp. 75-80.
“Linearity and Its Discontents: Narrative Forms and Ideological Valence,” Essays in Narrative and Fictionality, 62-72.
Fictionality: Essays in Narrative and Fictionality, 8-20, 85-95, 127-134.
Focalization: “Plural Focalization, Singular Voices: Wandering Perspectives in ‘We’ Narration.” Point of View, Perspective, and Focalization, edited by Peter Hühn, Wolf Schmid, and Jörg Schönert. De Gruyter, 2009, pp. 143-159.
Implied Author: “Reassessing and Extending the Concept of the Implied Author,” Essays in Narrative and Fictionality, 33-48.
Implied Reader: Unnatural Narrative, 44-47. Essays in Narrative and Fictionality, 111-123. “The Other Reader's Response: On Multiple, Divided, and Oppositional Audiences.” Criticism vol. 39, no.1, 1997, pp. 31-53.
Linearity, Politics of: “Linearity and Its Discontents: Rethinking Narrative Form and Ideological Valence.” College English, vol. 62, no. 6, 2000, pp. 685-695.
Metafiction and Reflexivity: Unlikely Stories, Chapter 5, 135-138.
Middles, Narrative: A Poetics of Plot, Chapters 3 and 4, 59-98.
Minds, Fictional: “Fictional Minds: Coming to Terms with the Unnatural.” Poetics Today, vol. 39, no. 3, 2018, pp. 523-542. (co-authored with Lars Bernaerts)
Narration: Unnatural Voices; “Postscript: Unusual Voices and Multiple Identities.” Pronouns in Literature, edited by Alison Gibbons and Andrea Macrae, Palgrave, 2018, pp. 235-244.
Narration, Multi-person (e. g., 1st and 3rd): Unnatural Voices, Chapter 4, 61-78.
Narration, Second Person: Unnatural Voices, Chapter 2, 17-36.
Narration, Collective (We and They): Unnatural Voices, Chapter 3, 61-78.
“Social Minds, Natural and Unnatural: “We” and “They” Narratives in Fiction and Nonfiction.” Narrative, vol. 23, no. 2, 2015, pp. 200-212.
Narrative, Definition: A Poetics of Plot, Chapter 1, “Narrative, the Nonnarrative, and the Unnarratable,” 13-36.
Narratives of Literary History and the History of Narrative Theory:
“Recent Concepts of Narrative and the Narratives of Narrative Theory.” Style, vol. 34, 2000, pp. 168-175.
“Re-Mapping the Present: The Master Narrative of Modern Literary History and the Lost Forms of Twentieth-Century Fiction.” Twentieth Century Literature, vol. 43, 1997, pp. 291-309.
Plot and Emplotment: A Poetics of Plot, Chapter 3, “Plot, Probability, and Tellability,” 59-82.
Reader, Actual: Essays in Narrative and Fictionality, 123-127.
Realism and Representation: Essays in Narrative and Fictionality, 96-110.
Sequencing: A Poetics of Plot, Chapters 4 and 6, “Non Plot-Based Narrative Progressions” and “Adventures of the Book: Fabricating Fabula and Syuzhet,” 83-98, 127-148.
Space, Narrative: Narrative Theory: Core Concepts and Current Debates, Chapter 4, section four, 103-109.
Sjužet (Syuzhet): A Poetics of Plot, 133-147.
Time, Narrative: A Poetics of Plot, Chapter 5, “The Varieties of Narrative Time,” 99-126.
Unnatural Narrative, Definition: Unnatural Narrative, Chapter 1, “A Theory of Unnatural Narratives: Definitions, Paradigms, Problems,” 3-28.
“Unnatural Narrative Theory: The Poetics of Uniquely Fictional Texts,” Essays in Narrative and Fictionality, 33-48.
Unnatural Narrative, History: Unnatural Narrative, Chapters 5 and 6, 51-88.
Unnatural Narrative, Theory: Unnatural Narrative, Chapters 2 and 8, 28-47, 143-161.
Unreliability, Postmodern/Unnatural: Unnatural Voices, 103-105.
Worlds, Fictional: Unlikely Stories, Chapter 2, “A Poetics of Probability: Systems of Causations in Fictional Worlds,” 61-88; Narrative Theory: Core Concepts and Current Debates, Chapter 4, section four, 103-109.
Having written a number of pieces on different aspect of narrative theory, many of which were later combined into chapters of books, I will here identify the most current and comprehensive accounts. Unless otherwise indicated, each item refers to a chapter in one of my books.
Authors: “Actual Authors” in Essays in Narrative and Fictionality, 1-8.
Beginnings: A Poetics of Plot, Chapter 2, “Modelling Narrative Beginnings,” 37-58; General introduction and section introductions, Narrative Beginnings: Theories and Practices, 1-14, 79-82, 191-194.
Boundaries of Narrative: “Modern Fiction, the Poetics of Lists, and the Boundaries of Narrative,” Essays in Narrative and Fictionality, 49-61.
Causal Laws Governing Fictional Worlds: Unlikely Stories, Chapter 2, 61-88.
Character Theory: Narrative Theory: Core Concepts and Current Debates, Chapter 5, section four, “Character,” 132-138.
“Unnatural Characters in Fiction, Drama, and Popular Culture: Beyond the Humanist Paradigm.” Unnatural Narratology: Extensions, Revisions, and Challenges, 135-163.
“Transtextual Characters.” Characters in Fictional Worlds: Understanding Imaginary Beings in Literature, Film, and Other Media, edited by Jens Eder, Fotis Jannidis, and Ralf Schneider, De Gruyter, 2010, pp. 527-541.
Denarration: Unnatural Voices, 87-91.
Drama, Narratology of: Essays in Narrative and Fictionality, 73-84.
Endings: A Poetics of Plot, Chapter 7, “Narrative Endings: Fixed, Unfixed, Illusory, and Unnatural,” 149-168.
“Endings in Drama and Performance: A Theoretical Model.” Current Trends in Narratology, edited by Greta Olsen, De Gruyter, 2011, pp. 181-199.
Fabula: A Poetics of Plot, 127-133.
Feminist Narrative Theory: Unnatural Narrative Chapter 7, “Oppositional Literature and Unnatural Poetics,” 143-162. “Feminist Fiction and Unnatural Narrative Theory.” Storyworlds, vol. 8, no. 2, 2016, pp. 75-80.
“Linearity and Its Discontents: Narrative Forms and Ideological Valence,” Essays in Narrative and Fictionality, 62-72.
Fictionality: Essays in Narrative and Fictionality, 8-20, 85-95, 127-134.
Focalization: “Plural Focalization, Singular Voices: Wandering Perspectives in ‘We’ Narration.” Point of View, Perspective, and Focalization, edited by Peter Hühn, Wolf Schmid, and Jörg Schönert. De Gruyter, 2009, pp. 143-159.
Implied Author: “Reassessing and Extending the Concept of the Implied Author,” Essays in Narrative and Fictionality, 33-48.
Implied Reader: Unnatural Narrative, 44-47. Essays in Narrative and Fictionality, 111-123. “The Other Reader's Response: On Multiple, Divided, and Oppositional Audiences.” Criticism vol. 39, no.1, 1997, pp. 31-53.
Linearity, Politics of: “Linearity and Its Discontents: Rethinking Narrative Form and Ideological Valence.” College English, vol. 62, no. 6, 2000, pp. 685-695.
Metafiction and Reflexivity: Unlikely Stories, Chapter 5, 135-138.
Middles, Narrative: A Poetics of Plot, Chapters 3 and 4, 59-98.
Minds, Fictional: “Fictional Minds: Coming to Terms with the Unnatural.” Poetics Today, vol. 39, no. 3, 2018, pp. 523-542. (co-authored with Lars Bernaerts)
Narration: Unnatural Voices; “Postscript: Unusual Voices and Multiple Identities.” Pronouns in Literature, edited by Alison Gibbons and Andrea Macrae, Palgrave, 2018, pp. 235-244.
Narration, Multi-person (e. g., 1st and 3rd): Unnatural Voices, Chapter 4, 61-78.
Narration, Second Person: Unnatural Voices, Chapter 2, 17-36.
Narration, Collective (We and They): Unnatural Voices, Chapter 3, 61-78.
“Social Minds, Natural and Unnatural: “We” and “They” Narratives in Fiction and Nonfiction.” Narrative, vol. 23, no. 2, 2015, pp. 200-212.
Narrative, Definition: A Poetics of Plot, Chapter 1, “Narrative, the Nonnarrative, and the Unnarratable,” 13-36.
Narratives of Literary History and the History of Narrative Theory:
“Recent Concepts of Narrative and the Narratives of Narrative Theory.” Style, vol. 34, 2000, pp. 168-175.
“Re-Mapping the Present: The Master Narrative of Modern Literary History and the Lost Forms of Twentieth-Century Fiction.” Twentieth Century Literature, vol. 43, 1997, pp. 291-309.
Plot and Emplotment: A Poetics of Plot, Chapter 3, “Plot, Probability, and Tellability,” 59-82.
Reader, Actual: Essays in Narrative and Fictionality, 123-127.
Realism and Representation: Essays in Narrative and Fictionality, 96-110.
Sequencing: A Poetics of Plot, Chapters 4 and 6, “Non Plot-Based Narrative Progressions” and “Adventures of the Book: Fabricating Fabula and Syuzhet,” 83-98, 127-148.
Space, Narrative: Narrative Theory: Core Concepts and Current Debates, Chapter 4, section four, 103-109.
Sjužet (Syuzhet): A Poetics of Plot, 133-147.
Time, Narrative: A Poetics of Plot, Chapter 5, “The Varieties of Narrative Time,” 99-126.
Unnatural Narrative, Definition: Unnatural Narrative, Chapter 1, “A Theory of Unnatural Narratives: Definitions, Paradigms, Problems,” 3-28.
“Unnatural Narrative Theory: The Poetics of Uniquely Fictional Texts,” Essays in Narrative and Fictionality, 33-48.
Unnatural Narrative, History: Unnatural Narrative, Chapters 5 and 6, 51-88.
Unnatural Narrative, Theory: Unnatural Narrative, Chapters 2 and 8, 28-47, 143-161.
Unreliability, Postmodern/Unnatural: Unnatural Voices, 103-105.
Worlds, Fictional: Unlikely Stories, Chapter 2, “A Poetics of Probability: Systems of Causations in Fictional Worlds,” 61-88; Narrative Theory: Core Concepts and Current Debates, Chapter 4, section four, 103-109.