Eventfulness in British Fiction

by Peter Hühn and Markus Kempf

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An event, defined as the decisive turn, the surprising point in the plot of a narrative, constitutes its tellability, the motivation for reading it. This book describes a framework for a narratological definition of eventfulness and its dependence on the historical, socio-cultural and literary context. A series of fifteen analyses of British novels and tales, from late medieval and early modern times to the late 20th century, demonstrates how this...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:3110213648

ISBN13:9783110213645

Release Date:March 2010

Publisher:de Gruyter

Length:222 Pages

Weight:1.00 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.3" x 9.2"

Age Range:22 years and up

Grade Range:Postsecondary

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