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Distance and Dramatization: Henry James on the Art of Fiction (Narrative Theory, 4)
- Author(s):
- José Angel García Landa (see profile)
- Date:
- 2005
- Group(s):
- American Literature, Narrative theory and Narratology
- Subject(s):
- Narration (Rhetoric), Literature--Theory, etc., Fiction, James, Henry, 1843-1916
- Item Type:
- Book chapter
- Tag(s):
- Narrative structure, Point of view, Narratology, Narrative theory, Novel (genre), Literary theory, Henry James
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M6FF3KZ9Q
- Abstract:
- 'Narrative Theory' is an online introduction to classical structuralist narratological analysis. The fourth section deals with the modes of narrative, "showing" and "telling", as theorized by Henry James and other theorists of the dramatic aesthetics in narrative. Outline: 1. Two concepts of narrative distance. 2. The theory of the novel before James; Besant's 'Art of Fiction'; 3. James and the Art of the Novel; 4. The Novel as an Organic Unit; 5. Point of View; 6. The Revaluation of Narrative; 7. Distance: Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Written 1990
- Metadata:
- xml
- Published as:
- Book chapter
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 5 years ago
- License:
- Attribution
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