A Poetics of Plot for the Twenty-First Century: Theorizing Unruly Narratives

Abstract

Narrative Theory: Core Concepts and Current Debates, David Herman, James Phelan and Peter Rabinowitz (together), Robyn Warhol, and I each provide a condensed overview of our positions on several subjects: authors and narrators, story and temporality, narrative space, characters, readers and reception, and narrative and aesthetic value.I have also put together a volume that elucidates the general theory and outlines the history of what I call antimimetic or unnatural narratives: Unnatural Narrative: History, Theory, and Practice.

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