Somebody Telling Somebody Else: A Rhetorical Poetics of Narrative

by James Phelan

Book Overview

In Somebody Telling Somebody Else, James Phelan proposes a paradigm shift for narrative theory, a turn from viewing narrative as a structure to viewing it as a rhetorical action in which a teller selectively deploys the resources of storytelling in order to accomplish particular purposes in relation to particular audiences. Phelan explores the consequences of this shift for an understanding of various elements of narrative, including reliable...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814254314
• ISBN13: 9780814254318
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: Ohio State University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 9.0"