This book is a standard work for modern narrative theory. It provides a terminological and theoretical system of reference for future research. The author explains and discusses in detail problems of communication structure and entities of a narrative work, point of view, the relationship between na[...]
This third edition substantially expands on the theory of eventfulness, which now fills an entire sub-chapter. The chapter on narrative perspective has been amplified with a section on the highly contemporary topic of perspectival structure. All chapters have been critically reviewed with some revis[...]