Narratology
Manfred Jahn Narratology: A Guide to the Theory of Narrative
Full reference: Jahn, Manfred. 2005. Narratology: A Guide to the Theory of Narrative. English Department, University of Cologne. Version: 1.8. New in this version: Some modified definitions in N1; set of analytical question in N1.33; recent narratological literature (N2.1); hypothetical focalization and empty centers (N3.2.5); story grammars (N4.5); revised references and bibliography.
Date: 28 May 2005 This page: http://www.uni-koeln.de/~ame02/pppn.htm Project jump page: http://www.uni-koeln.de/~ame02/ppp.htm All paragraphs in this section are labeled 'N' for 'narratology'. If you quote from this document, use paragraph references (e.g., N5.4 etc) rather than page numbers. Contents N1. Getting started N2. The narratological framework N2.1 Background and basics N2.2. Narrative genres N2.3. Narrative communication N2.4. Narrative Levels N3. Narration, Focalization, and Narrative Situations N3.1. Narration (voice) N3.2. Focalization (mood) N3.3. Narrative situation N4. Action, story analysis, tellability N5. Tense, Time, and Narrative Modes N5.1. Narrative Tenses N5.2. Time Analysis N5.3. Narrative Modes N6. Setting and fictional space N7. Characters and Characterization N8. Discourses: representations of speech, thought and consciousness N9. A Case Study: Alan Sillitoe's "The Fishing Boat Picture" N10. References
N1. Getting started
This chapter builds a toolbox of basic narratological concepts and shows how to put it to work in the analysis of fiction. The definitions are based on a number of classical introductions -specifically, Genette (1980 [1972]; 1988 [1983], key terms: voice, homo- and heterodiegetic,
focalization); Chatman (1978, key terms: overtness, covertness), Lanser (1981; key terms: voice, human limitation, omniscience); Stanzel (1982/1984, key terms: narrative situation, authorial, figural, reflector), and Bal (1985, key term: focalizer). In the later chapters of this script,
Full reference: Jahn, Manfred. 2005. Narratology: A Guide to the Theory of Narrative. English Department, University of Cologne. Version: 1.8. New in this version: Some modified definitions in N1; set of analytical question in N1.33; recent narratological literature (N2.1); hypothetical focalization and empty centers (N3.2.5); story grammars (N4.5); revised references and bibliography.
Date: 28 May 2005 This page: http://www.uni-koeln.de/~ame02/pppn.htm Project jump page: http://www.uni-koeln.de/~ame02/ppp.htm All paragraphs in this section are labeled 'N' for 'narratology'. If you quote from this document, use paragraph references (e.g., N5.4 etc) rather than page numbers. Contents N1. Getting started N2. The narratological framework N2.1 Background and basics N2.2. Narrative genres N2.3. Narrative communication N2.4. Narrative Levels N3. Narration, Focalization, and Narrative Situations N3.1. Narration (voice) N3.2. Focalization (mood) N3.3. Narrative situation N4. Action, story analysis, tellability N5. Tense, Time, and Narrative Modes N5.1. Narrative Tenses N5.2. Time Analysis N5.3. Narrative Modes N6. Setting and fictional space N7. Characters and Characterization N8. Discourses: representations of speech, thought and consciousness N9. A Case Study: Alan Sillitoe's "The Fishing Boat Picture" N10. References
N1. Getting started
This chapter builds a toolbox of basic narratological concepts and shows how to put it to work in the analysis of fiction. The definitions are based on a number of classical introductions -specifically, Genette (1980 [1972]; 1988 [1983], key terms: voice, homo- and heterodiegetic,
focalization); Chatman (1978, key terms: overtness, covertness), Lanser (1981; key terms: voice, human limitation, omniscience); Stanzel (1982/1984, key terms: narrative situation, authorial, figural, reflector), and Bal (1985, key term: focalizer). In the later chapters of this script,