Poetics of Plot: The Case of English Renaissance Drama Volume 18

by Thomas G. Pavel

Book Overview

Thomas Pavel has written extensively on poetics, linguistics, and narratology. In this book he proposes an original theory and methodology of plot analysis--a reading that draws upon the most fruitful aspects of literary structuralism and upon contemporary linguistic models (specifically generative grammar). Theorists have tended to use formal plot analysis to examine relatively simple literary artifacts, like folk tales and short...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816613753
• ISBN13: 9780816613755
• Release Date: June 1985
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"