The Novel: An Introduction

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4051-9448-8
Verlag: PAPERBACKSHOP UK IMPORT

Buch, Englisch, 312 Seiten, gebunden, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 590 g

This is an engaging introduction to the novel and narrative theory that will deepen readers' understanding and enhance their appreciation and enjoyment of this popular genre.
* Provides readers with the critical tools to become expert narratologists and more insightful readers
* Reflects on the rise of world literature, with examples drawn from Spanish, French, Italian, German, Scandinavian, and Russian novels for analysis or illustration, as well as works from English and American literature
* Featured topics include the handling of space and time in the novel, narrative situations, literary symbols, and gendering

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bode, Christoph

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Gattungen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Translator's Note

Acknowledgments

1. Beginnings: What Do You Expect?

2. The Modern European Novel: Predecessors, Origins, Conventions, Sub-Genres

3. The Object of Every Analysis: The How of the What (Discourse and Story)

4. Time

5. Characters

6. Teutonic Rosette or Gallic Taxonomy? Identifying the Narrative Situation

7. Multiperspectivity, Unreliability, and the Impossibility of Editing Out the Gender Aspect

8. Now You See It, Now You Don't: Symbolism and Space

9. The End of the Novel and the Future of an Illusion

References

Further Reading

Index of Authors and Critics

Über Autor(innen)

Christoph Bode is Chair of Modern English Literature at the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich, Germany. He has written 20 books and some 70 articles - both in English and German - on Narratology, Romanticism, and Critical Theory. Bode is also President of the German Society for English Romanticism and a Corresponding Fellow of the English Association.