Dramatic Narrative: Racine's Récits (American University Studies) - Hardcover

Ekstein, Nina

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0820403350 ISBN 13: 9780820403359

Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers, 1986

Synopsis

What is the purpose of narrative in drama? Can narrative have a truly dramatic function, distinct from narrative in fiction? Dramatic Narrative: Racine's Récits explores these and related issues, taking as its starting point a definition of minimal narrative. This raises the general problem of the status of narrative in dramatic discourse. Racine's récits, tragic and comic alike, provide a rich corpus for the analysis of the various functions of narrative in drama, its structure, context, and mode of communication.

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Review

Ekstein's study illuminates Racine's dramatic technique and is a significant contribution to the poetics (Gerald Prince Chairman, Comparative Literature & Literary Theory Program, University of Pennsylvania) «L'étude de Nina Ekstein est solide, détaillée, informative, et souvent riche en remarques théoriques.» (Philippe Desan, French Review) «C'est sans doute avec les meilleures de ces études qu'il faut placer celle de Mme Ekstein sur le récit chez Racine, recherche exhaustive de tous les récits dramatiques de l'oeuvre de Racine.» (Jean Dubu, Continuum)

Edition details

• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
• Publication date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0820403350
• ISBN 13: 9780820403359
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 229