Narrative Exchanges (Routledge Revivals) - Softcover

Reid, Ian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 113880102X ISBN 13: 9781138801028

Publisher: Routledge, 2016

Synopsis

First published in 1992, Narrative Exchanges shows how a general model of communicative exchanges can be refined to deal with the complexities of narrative fiction. Going beyond the two-way structure of reciprocity, it gives particular attention to the processes of framing, substitution and dispossession by which written texts generate meaning. The title provides an innovative way of combining narrative and exchange theory, bringing the two areas of thought into a mutually critical relationship. Using a wide variety of narrative texts, literary and non-literary, canonical and non-canonical, authors discussed include Flaubert, Achebe, Mansfield, Boccaccio, Duras, Daudet, Moorhouse, DeLillo and Wordsworth.

Drawing on perspectives from anthropology, linguistics and education, and combining accessible readings with theoretical debate, Ian Reid makes a significant contribution to the debate about narrative theory.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 113880102X
• ISBN 13: 9781138801028
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 266