Comp Lit 430 - Narrative Theory

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Washington University in St Louis

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Sequential representation, which is a feature of narratives, can be found in novels and stories and also in historical records, films, television dramas, cartoons, graphic novels, and even (when ordered sequentially) paintings or photographs. We consider focalization, temporal relations, speech representation, gaps, and the implied author, and the effect of these and other elements of narrative analysis on readers' and viewers' experience. Exemplary narratives include Flaubert's Madame Bovary, James' Ambassadors, Faulkner's Sound and the Fury, and Robbe-Grillet's Maison de Rendez-vous; stories by Hoffman, Borges, and Cortázar, along with a film or photo-novel. We read theory by major narratologists Barthes, Chatman, Cohn, Dolozel, Genette, McHale, Nünning, Phelan, Prince, Rimmon-Kenan, Ryan, Sternberg, and others. Open to students of history, the visual arts, and film, as well as literature.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.wustl.edu

Phone Number:

(314) 935-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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