Debating Rhetorical Narratology: On the Synthetic, Mimetic, and Thematic Aspects of Narrative

by Matthew Clark and James Phelan

Book Overview

In Debating Rhetorical Narratology: On the Synthetic, Mimetic, and Thematic Aspects of Narrative, Matthew Clark and James Phelan provide a model of lively, sharp, and good-natured scholarly exchange. Clark proposes "friendly amendments" to Phelan's theorizing of the synthetic, mimetic, and thematic aspects of narrative, and Phelan responds, often by explaining why he finds Clark's amendments less-than-friendly. Clark rounds off the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814214282
• ISBN13: 9780814214282
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Ohio State University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"