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Narrative Bodies: Toward a Corporeal Narratology

Book information

Year
2003
ISBN
1403962413, 9781403962416, 9781403981653
LCC
PN212 .P88 2003
Open Library ID
OL22539438M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
902 kB (924109 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
244\245
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Although the body has recently emerged throughout the humanities and social sciences as an object revealing the power and limits of representation, the study of narrative has almost entirely ignored human corporeality. As this book shows, attention to the body raises uncomfortable questions about the historicity of basic narrative concepts like character, plot, and narration--questions that critics would often prefer to ignore. Daniel Punday argues that narrative itself is a concept constructed by modern-day critics based on assumptions about identity, desire, movement and place that depend on modern ways of thinking about corporeality.

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