ABSTRACT

This classic text has been substantially rewritten. Narrative explores a range of written, spoken, literary and non-literary narratives. It shows what systematic attention to language can reveal about the narratives themselves, their tellers, and those to whom they are addressed.
New material includes sections on gendered narrative, film narrative and a discussion of ways in which the internet and global television are changing conceptions of narrative.

chapter |14 pages

Preliminary orientations

chapter |26 pages

Basic story structure

chapter |39 pages

The articulation of narrative text I

Time, focalization, narration

chapter |36 pages

The articulation of narrative text II

Character, setting, suspense, film

chapter |27 pages

The articulation of narrative text III

Representing character discourse

chapter |35 pages

Narrative as socially situated

The sociolinguistic approach

chapter |28 pages

Children's narratives