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Narratives Unsettled
Samuel Frederick
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Paperback. "Narratives Unsettled" argues by way of close readings of three very different German-language writers that only if we conceive of narrativity unburdened by plot can we properly account for radical forms of digression. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
In Narratives Unsettled, Samuel Frederick proposes a new conception of narrativity that can accommodate unwieldy, recalcitrant forms of digression. By way of close readings of three distinct German-language writers, Frederick demonstrates that digression, far from being a non- or anti-narrative interruption, contributes to what makes these writers’ works fundamentally narrative. The author thus counters several basic assumptions of classical narratology, including the belief—rooted in Aristotle—that a narrative without a plot is a logical impossibility, and that anything deviating from a narrative’s purposeful whole is either destructive or insignificant. Frederick’s readings of the narrative experiments, utopian moments, and obsessions with the ... Read more
In Narratives Unsettled, Samuel Frederick proposes a new conception of narrativity that can accommodate unwieldy, recalcitrant forms of digression. By way of close readings of three distinct German-language writers, Frederick demonstrates that digression, far from being a non- or anti-narrative interruption, contributes to what makes these writers’ works fundamentally narrative. The author thus counters several basic assumptions of classical narratology, including the belief—rooted in Aristotle—that a narrative without a plot is a logical impossibility, and that anything deviating from a narrative’s purposeful whole is either destructive or insignificant. Frederick’s readings of the narrative experiments, utopian moments, and obsessions with the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Northwestern University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Evanston, United States
ISBN
9780810128187
SKU
V9780810128187
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