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Narrative Form Also by Suzanne Keen EMPATHY AND THE NOVEL MILK GLASS MERMAID NARRATIVE FORM ROMANCES OF THE ARCHIVE IN CONTEMPORARY BRITISH FICTION THOMAS HARDY’S BRAINS: Psychology, Neurology, and Hardy’s Imagination VICTORIAN RENOVATIONS OF THE NOVEL: Narrative Annexes and the Boundaries of Representation Narrative Form Revised and Expanded Second Edition Suzanne Keen Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, USA © Suzanne Keen 2015 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6 –1 0 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The author has asserted her right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2015 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-137-43958-1 ISBN 978-1-137-43959-8 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137439598 This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Keen, Suzanne. Narrative form : revised and expanded second edition / Suzanne Keen, Washington and Lee University, USA. — Second edition. pages cm Includes bibliographical references. 1. Narration (Rhetoric)—Handbooks, manuals, etc. 2. Fiction—Technique. I. Title. PN3383.N35K44 2015 808’.036—dc23 2015012401 Typeset by MPS Limited, Chennai, India. For Jake, who has grown up in the meantime Contents Preface: Studying Narrative Form x 1 Major Approaches to and Theorists of Narrative 1 What is narrative fiction? 1 Why study narrative form? 5 Major theorists of and approaches to narrative: a selective sketch 7 Studying narrative: selected resources 15 Further reading 17 2 Shapes of Narrative: A Whole of Parts 19 Analytical strategies 28 Keywords 30 Further reading 31 3 Narrative Situation: Who’s Who and What’s Its Function 33 Terms 35 Narrators 38 Perspective 46 Second-person narration 47 Analytical strategies 50 Keywords 52 Further reading 54 4 People on Paper: Character, Characterization, and Represented Minds 56 Terms 58 Representing consciousness 60 Characterization and kinds of character 65 Analytical strategies 69 Keywords 72 Further reading 72 5 Plot and Causation: Related Events 74 Terms 76 Analytical strategies 83 Typological approaches to plot 84 Feminist critiques of plot and closure 86 Generic approaches to plot 87 vii viii Contents Keywords 87 Further reading 88 6 Timing: How Long and How Often? 90 Terms 92 Analytical strategies 94 Keywords 96 Further reading 97 7 Order and Disorder 98 Terms 99 Analytical strategies 103 Keywords 105 Further reading 106 8 Levels: Realms of Existence 107 Terms 107 Analytical strategies 112 Keywords 113 Further reading 113 9 Fictional Worlds and Fictionality 115 Terms 117 Analytical Strategies 122 Keyword 123 Further reading 124 10 Nonfiction and Fiction in Disguise 126 Terms 128 Analytical strategies 136 Keywords 137 Further reading 138 11 Genres and Conventions 140 Terms 140 Analytical strategies 145 Keywords 149 Further reading 150 12 Narrative Emotions 152 Terms 153 Narrative empathy 155 Analytical strategies 159 Keywords 160 Further reading 161 Contents ix Appendix A: Terms Listed by Chapter 162 Appendix B: Representative Texts – A List of Suggested Readings 170 Notes 173 Bibliography 184 Index 196
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