character, progression, and the interpretation of narrative /
First Statement of Responsibility
James Phelan
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Chicago :
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University of Chicago Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
c1989
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1 online resource (xi, 238 p.)
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-229) and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction: Character, progression, and the rhetorical interpretation of narrative -- The mimetic-thematic relationship and the thematizing of narrative. Character, progression, and thematism: the cases of 1984 and Pride and prejudice -- The thematic function and interpreting by cultural codes: the case of "The beast in the jungle" -- Incorporating the synthetic function: reexamining audiences and progression. The functions of character and the relations of audiences in The French lieutenant's woman -- Progression and the synthetic secondary character: the case of John Wemmick -- Foregrounding the synthetic: Calvino's "Reader" and the audiences of narrative -- Evaluating -and resisting -character and progression. Evaluation and resistance: the case of Catherine Barkley -- Conclusion: Extensions and reconsiderations
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Title
Reading people, reading plots.
International Standard Book Number
0226666913
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
American fiction-- History and criticism-- Theory, etc
Characters and characteristics in literature
Criticism-- English-speaking countries
English fiction-- History and criticism-- Theory, etc