The Return of the Storyteller in Contemporary Fiction

by Areti Dragas

Book Overview

Focusing on the figure of the storyteller, this study breaks new ground in the approach to reading contemporary literature by identifying a growing interest in storytelling. For the last thirty years contemporary fiction has been influenced by theoretical discourses, textuality and writing. Only since the rise of postcolonialism have academic critics been more overtly interested in stories, where high theory frameworks are less applicable. However,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474275672
• ISBN13: 9781474275675
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"