Narrative Form: Revised and Expanded Second EditionThis revised and expanded handbook concisely introduces narrative form to advanced students of fiction and creative writing, with refreshed references and new discussions of cognitive approaches to narrative, nonfiction, and narrative emotions. |
Contents
A Whole of Parts | |
Whos Who and Whats Its Function | |
Character Characterization and Represented Minds | |
Related Events | |
How Long and How Often? | |
Order and Disorder | i |
Fictional Worlds and Fictionality | ix |
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