Theorizing narrativity

This edited volume gathers contributions from scholars across several countries who work on narrative theory. Its authors examine what narrative is and what makes a text narrative, and they extend the discussion into genre theory, narrative semiotics and communication theory. The focus falls mostly on literary fiction, though the discussion reaches well beyond it.

Each chapter takes up a separate facet of narrativity. Topics include oral storytelling, legal narrative, video games, causality, intertextuality and the theory of reading. The contributors handle these subjects in fresh ways, so the collection suits readers who want to see how narrative theory applies across very different forms.