The dynamics of narrative form : studies in Anglo-American narratology ; [contributions originated during the Narratology Panel at the Sixth Congress of the European Society for the Study of English held in Strasburg in September 2002

By redefining established topics of narratology, research has become highly diversified. The contributions to this volume neither synthesize developments nor work from shared postulates, but represent a fresh look at ongoing issues. Some scrutinize focalisation in a linguistic framework or in a poststructuralist vein; others take on reliable and unreliable narration in a pronominal perspective or the "unaddressed" reader who upsets the tidy schemes of narrative communication. Also outlined are a possible worlds approach to narrative time, a systematic treatment of metanarrative and a transgeneric application of narratology to poetry. The sequential ordering of narratives as a way of controlling reader response is examined in one article and in another is seen to elicit intertextual configurations. Both divergent and complementary, the contributions seek to integrate into narratological categories and methods the dynamic processes of narrative itself. On Metanarrative : Towards A Definition, A Typology And An Outline Of The Functions Of Metanarrative Commentary / Ansgar Nünning -- (un-)reliable Narration From A Pronominal Perspective / Dieter Meindl -- A Plea For A Narrator-centered Narratology / René Rivara -- Focalization Between Classical And Postclassical Narratology / Luc Herman, Bart Vervaeck -- Transgeneric Narratology : Applications To Lyric Poetry / Peter Hühn -- Ontological Plotting : Narrative As A Multiplicity Of Temporal Dimensions / Hillary P. Dannenberg -- Overhearing Narrative / José Angel García Landa -- Graded Expectations : On The Textual And Structural Shaping Of Readers' Narrative Experience / Michael Toolan -- Narrative Configurations / John Pier. Edited By John Pier. The Majority Of These Contributions Originated During The Narratology Panel At The Sixth Congress Of The European Society For The Study Of English Held In Strasburg In September 2002.--pref. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Spätestens das Aufkommen der "Postclassical Narratology" hat deutlich gemacht, dass eine Bestandsaufnahme für jene Strömungen innerhalb der Erzähltheorie erforderlich ist, die ihre gesicherten Grundlagen hinterfragen. Die im Band versammelten Beiträge spiegeln die Vielfalt der existierenden Ansätze wider. Sie wenden einige der jüngsten erkenntnistheoretischen Modelle und Methoden an, liefern Antworten auf noch offene Fragen und bieten einen Ausblick auf die zukünftigen Themen der narratologischen Forschung With the emergence of postclassical narratology, it has become necessary to take stock of ongoing developments against the backdrop of established aspects of research in the field. The contributions to this volume employ some of the recent epistemological and methodological models in an attempt to resolve a number of unsettled issues while charting out potential vistas for new themes in narrative studies. While the importance of the concept of metafiction has long been widely recognized, the difference between metafiction and metanarrative has generally been overlooked.