An Introduction to Narratology

"An Introduction to Narratology" is an accessible and practical guide to narratological theory and terminology and its application to literature. This accessible, practical guide includes: discussions on style, metaphor, metonymy and the history of narrative forms; narratology in its most recent inception, including cognitive developments; a broad spectrum of the field, including a focus on interpretation, but using linguistic aspects of texts as a foreground; a pragmatic orientation emphasizing how students can work with texts; demonstrations of the application of these theories through detailed examples using three popular texts; a chapter confronting the frequent problems that students have with narratological concepts; and, a glossary of narrative terms. The textbook covers all of the key aspects of narratology in a way that is accessible to beginners and yet reflects recent theoretical developments.