LINGUIST List 23.685 Thu Feb 09 2012 Books: Semantics/Linguistics and Literature: Shang Editor for this issue: Danniella Hornby <daniellalinguistlist.org> Links to the websites of all LINGUIST's supporting publishers are available at the end of this issue. Directory         1.     Laura Bally , In Pursuit of Narrative Dynamics: Shang Message 1: In Pursuit of Narrative Dynamics: Shang Date: 06-Feb-2012 From: Laura Bally <publicitypeterlang.com> Subject: In Pursuit of Narrative Dynamics: Shang E-mail this message to a friend Title: In Pursuit of Narrative Dynamics Subtitle: A Study of James Phelan's Rhetorical Theory of Narrative Series Title: Europäische Hochschulschriften - Volume 463 Published: 2012 Publisher: Peter Lang AG                 http://www.peterlang.com Book URL: http://www.peterlang.com/?430562 Author: Biwu Shang Paperback: ISBN: 9783034305624 Pages: 258 Price: U.S. $ 73.95 Paperback: ISBN: 9783034305624 Pages: 258 Price: U.K. £ 44.00 Paperback: ISBN: 9783034305624 Pages: 258 Price: Europe EURO 49.20 Comment: for Germany EURO 52.60, for Austria EURO 54.10 (incl. VAT) Abstract: This book makes an intensive study of James Phelan's rhetorical theory of narrative. Apart from illustrating six basic principles in doing rhetorical theory of narrative, the author examines six major issues which are central to Phelan's rhetorical poetics, namely, focalization, character narration, unreliable narration, narrative progression, narrative judgments, and narrative ethics. For each narratological concept, the author minutely conducts a genealogical study to make the review work complete. The book not only compares Phelan's rhetorical narratology with classical narratology but also with other strands of postclassical narratology. A detailed bibliography makes this book a compendium of narrative theory which is of relevance for scholars and students of all literary disciplines. Contents: Beyond the Poetics of Plot: Phelan's Theory of Narrative Progression - A New Light on the Old Concept: Phelan's Theory of Character Narrator - The Rhetorical Approach Revisited and Updated: Phelan's Theory of Unreliable Narration - "Narrator as Focalizer", and "Dual Focalization": Phelan's Theory of Focalization - The Activation of Multileveled Responses: Phelan's Theory of Narrative Judgments - The Ethics of "the Told", the Ethics of "the Telling", and the Ethics of "the Reading": Phelan's Theory of Narrative Ethics. Biwu Shang is an associate professor of English at Zhejiang Gong Shang University, China. He works primarily in the areas of narrative theory, literary theory, and the art of Ian McEwan. His articles were published or are forthcoming in such international journals as Foreign Literature Studies, Journal of Literary Semantics, Language and Literature, and Semiotica. 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