Narratology in the Age of Cross-Disciplinary Narrative Research (Narratologia: Contributions to Narrative Theory/Beitrage Zure Erzahltheorie)

Narrative Research, once the domain of structuralist literary theory, has over the last 15 years developed into an international and interdisciplinary field. It is now commonly agreed that storytelling functions as a fundamental cognitive tool for sense-making and meaning production, and that human beings structure and communicate lived experience through oral, written and visual stories. Entitled Narratology in the Age of Cross-Disciplinary Narrative Research, this volume collects fifteen essays which look at narrative and narrativity from various perspectives, including literary studies and hermeneutics, cognitive theory and creativity research, metaphor studies, film theory and intermediality, as well as memory studies, musicology, theology and psychology. The topics touch on a wide range of issues, such as the current state of narratology and its potential for development, narrativity in visual and auditive art forms, the cultural functions of narrative, and the role of narrative concepts across the disciplines. The volume introduces interested newcomers to the ongoing debate, reflecting the diversity of research questions and methodological approaches involved. It takes a critical, yet cautiously optimistic stance with regard to the potential for interdisciplinary collaboration between narrative researchers, and invites experienced readers from any discipline interested in narrative to join this important debate, which promotes the exchange of ideas, concepts and methods between the humanities and the social sciences. Narratology and interdisciplinarity : introduction / Sandra Heinen, Roy Sommer Narratology and hermeneutics : forging the missing link / Bo Pettersson Narratological expansionism and its discontents / Tom Kindt Surveying contextualist and cultural narratologies : towards an outline of approaches, concepts and potentials / Ansgar Nünning Narrative ways of worldmaking / David Herman Making narratives : author concepts and post-classical narratologies / Roy Sommer The cage metaphor : extending narratology into corpus studies and opening it to the analysis of imagery / Monika Fludernik The multimodal novel : the integration of modes and media in novelistic narration / Wolfgang Hallet Between attraction and story : rethinking narrativity in cinema / Peter Verstraten Seeing or speaking visual narratology and focalization, literature to film / Silke Horstkotte The role of narratology in narrative research across the disciplines / Sandra Heinen Narratology and cultural memory studies / Astrid Erll A "natural" reading of historiographical texts: George III at Kew / Julia Lippert Sounds like a story : narrative as a concept traveling from literature to music and beyond / Vincent Meelberg Theology and narration : reflections on the "narrative theology"-debate and beyond / Andreas Mauz Towards a new interdisciplinarity : integrating psychological and humanities approaches to narrative / Harald Weilbock. Frontmatter ......Page 2 Contents......Page 8 Introduction: Narratology and Interdisciplinarity......Page 10 Narratology and Hermeneutics: Forging the Missing Link......Page 20 Narratological Expansionism and Its Discontents......Page 44 Surveying Contextualist and Cultural Narratologies: Towards an Outline of Approaches, Concepts and Potentials......Page 57 Narrative Ways of Worldmaking......Page 80 Making Narrative Worlds: A Cross-Disciplinary Approach to Literary Storytelling......Page 97 The Cage Metaphor: Extending Narratology into Corpus Studies and Opening it to the Analysis of Imagery......Page 118 The Multimodal Novel. The Integration of Modes and Media in Novelistic Narration......Page 138 Between Attraction and Story: Rethinking Narrativity in Cinema......Page 163 Seeing or Speaking: Visual Narratology and Focalization, Literature to Film......Page 179 The Role of Narratology in Narrative Research across the Disciplines......Page 202 Narratology and Cultural Memory Studies......Page 221 A “Natural” Reading of Historiographical Texts: George III at Kew......Page 237 Sounds Like a Story: Narrative Travelling from Literature to Music and Beyond......Page 254 Theology and Narration: Reflections on the “Narrative Theology”-Debate and Beyond......Page 271 Toward a New Interdisciplinarity: Integrating Psychological and Humanities Approaches to Narrative......Page 296 "Narrative Research has over the last 15 years developed into an international and interdisciplinary field. This volume collects fifteen essays which look at narrative and narrativity from various perspectives, including literary studies and hermeneutics, cognitive theory and creativity research, metaphor studies, film theory and intermediality, as well as memory studies, musicology, theology and psychology. The topics touch on a wide range of issues, such as the current state of narratology and its potential for development, narrativity in visual and auditive art forms, the cultural functions of narrative, and the role of narrative concepts across the disciplines"--Provided by publisher Die Erzählforschung hat sich seit den 1990er Jahren als ein internationales und interdisziplinäres Forschungsfeld etabliert. Die Beiträge des Bandes setzen sich aus unterschiedlichen Perspektiven (u.a. Literaturwissenschaft, Kognitionstheorie, Kreativitätsforschung, Metaphern-, Film- und Medientheorien, Musikwissenschaft, Theologie und Psychologie) mit dem aktuellen Stand der Narratologie sowie diversen narrativen Phänomenen auseinander. Sie leisten einen wichtigen Beitrag zu der anhaltenden Debatte um die Formen der Kooperation zwischen den Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften