Narrative Discourse - Paperback

by Gerard Genette (Author), Jane E. Lewin (Translator), Jonathan Culler (Foreword by)

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Gerard Genette, a critic of international stature, here builds a systematic theory of narrative upon an analysis of the writings of Marcel Proust, particularly Remembrance of Things Past. Adopting what is essentially a structuralist approach, the author identifies and names the basic constituents and techniques of narrative and illustrates them by referring to literary works in many languages.