Story and discourse : narrative structure in fiction and film
By: Chatman, Seymour.
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BookSeries: Cornell paperbacks.Publisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1978Description: 277 p. ; ill., ports., 21 cm.ISBN: 9780801491863.Subject(s): Plot | Character analysis | Verbal narrative | Soliloquy | Unreliable narration | Structuralists | Stream of consciousness | Speech acts | Interior monologue | Implied author | Covert narratorDDC classification: 700.1 Summary: Narrative Structure in Fiction and Film. 'For the specialist in the study of narrative structure, this is a solid and very perceptive exploration of the issues salient to the telling of a story-whatever the medium. Chatman, whose approach here is at once dualist and structuralist, divides his subject into the 'what' of the narrative (Story) and the 'way'(Discourse)... Chatman's command of his material is impressive.
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Includes index.
Narrative Structure in Fiction and Film. 'For the specialist in the study of narrative structure, this is a solid and very perceptive exploration of the issues salient to the telling of a story-whatever the medium. Chatman, whose approach here is at once dualist and structuralist, divides his subject into the 'what' of the narrative (Story) and the 'way'(Discourse)... Chatman's command of his material is impressive.
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