Narrative Exchanges Cl

Reid

ISBN 10: 0415072344 / ISBN 13: 9780415072342

Published by Other, 1992

About this Item

1992. Black cloth covered boards with silver spine titles; jacket is lightly soiled along spine with light edge wear; 8vo, 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; letter signed by the author laid in and inscribed by the author on title page; interior is clean and unmarked; 265 pages.

Seller Inventory # SKU1107936

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Narrative Exchanges Cl
• Publisher: Other
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415072344
• ISBN 13: 9780415072342
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 16 ounces

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Synopsis

Narrative Exchanges shows how a general model of communicative exchanges can be refined in order 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. It provides a new way of combining narrative theory and exchange theory, bringing the two areas of thought into a mutually critical relationship.
The argument engages critically with linguistic and other theories of exchange. Each stage of the discussion develops through a detailed reading of narrative texts drawn from a range of periods, generic affiliations and cultural situations, and including the uncanonical as well as the canonical. Among authors represented are 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 new contribution to the debate about narrative theory.