The narrative modes : techniques of the short story
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The narrative modes : techniques of the short story
D.S. Brewer, c1982
Available at 27 libraries
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Includes bibliographies and index
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Description
A very simple four-point model for examining novels and short stories,based on the way in which writers employ narrative devices.`Deserves both attention and practical development.' THETIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT
`Whatemerges is an understanding of the artfulness with whichmany short-story writers observe conventions only by stretching oreven breaking, them; we get a clear sense of the genre's dispositiontowards what are here called ``modal facades'', as well as of itsability to oppose the trends which are sometimes said to constituteliterary progress'. THE TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION SUPPLEMENT
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Theories of narrative modes: a brief history of modes
- German studies
- Anglo-American and French studies
- hierarchy of modes
- the articulation of modes
- imbedded modes. Part 2 Mode chopping: the definition of modes
- speech
- report
- description
- comment
- borderline cases
- problems in mode chopping. Part 3 The modes in concert: modal deficits
- changing tastes in narratives modes
- modes and mediation
- the submodes reviewed - narrative pace
- the selectivity principle
- reader participation. Part 4 The submodes of speech: distance
- applications
- the submodes of thought
- the submodes of perception
- a review of the submode markers. Part 5 Inquits: inquit norms
- word order in inquits
- the tense of the inquit verb
- the scale of immediacy
- the inquit and stylistic norms. Part 6 Short story beginnings: openings with comment, description, report and speech
- modes imbedded in speech
- non-referential modes in speech. Part 7 How stories end I - the static modes: open and closed endings
- endings with comment
- irony
- comment from inside views
- endings with description
- description of persons
- descriptions of persons mixed with other modes
- description of things. Part 8 How stories end II - the dynamic modes: the ending with death
- endings which repeat beginnings
- techniques which mitigate the open effect of report
- considerations of style
- the open ending with report
- endings with speech. Part 9 Conclusion - novel and short story. Appendices: statistical survey of narrative modes
- devices in beginnings and endings.
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