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Postmodern Narrative Theory : Transitions - Mark Currie

Postmodern Narrative Theory

By: Mark Currie

Paperback | 9 December 2010 | Edition Number 2

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`The new edition of Postmodern Narrative Theory stands out from its competitors because of its concision, clarity, and refreshingly lively style. Mark Currie achieves this while also presenting a highly nuanced and sophisticated account of this increasingly important field of study'.-Dr Brendan Stone, University of Sheffield, UK.

How have developments in literary and cultural theory transformed our understanding of narrative? What has happened to narrative in the wake of poststructuralism? What is the role and function of narrative in the contemporary world?

In this revised, updated and expanded new edition of an established text, Mark Currie explores these central questions and guides students through the complex the ones that have shaped the study of narrative in recent decades. Postmodern Narrative Theory Second Edition.

Approachable and stimulating, this is an esential introduction for anyone studying postmodernism, the theory of narrative or contemporary fiction

Transitions critically explores movements in literary theory. Guiding the reader through the poetics and politics of interpretative paradigms and schools of thought, Transitions helps direct the student's own acts of critical analysis. As well as transforming the critical developments of the past by interpreting them from the perspective of the present day, each study enacts transitional readings of a number of well-know literary texts.
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Reviewfor the first edition:
"Mark Currie's Postmodern Narrative Theory is a highly intelligent study, covering all the relevant theoretical issues skilfully and clearly. It will be of value not only to readers who share, or are prepared to share, Currie's general attitudes to the topic, but also to those who are sceptical as to their validity." -- Sir Frank Kermode, Cambridge University, UK
Review forthe second edition:
"The new edition of Postmodern Narrative Theory stands out from its competitors because of its concision, clarity, and refreshingly lively style. Mark Currie achieves this while also presenting a highly nuanced and sophisticated account of this increasingly important field of study.' -- Dr Brendan Stone, University of Sheffield, UK"

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