Narratology

by Genevieve Liveley

Book Overview

This volume explores the extraordinary contribution that classical poetics has made to twentieth and twenty-first century theories of narrative, aiming not to argue that modern narratologies simply present 'old wine in new wineskins', but rather to identify the diachronic affinities shared between ancient and modern stories about storytelling. By recognizing that modern narratologists bring a particular expertise to bear upon ancient literary theory,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199687706
• ISBN13: 9780199687701
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.6"