Description
Product ID: | 9780801491863 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | US |
Title: | Story and Discourse |
Subtitle: | Narrative Structure in Fiction and Film |
Authors: | Author: Seymour Chatman |
Page Count: | 288 |
Subjects: | Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc, Grammar, syntax and morphology, Grammar, syntax & morphology |
Description: | For the specialist in the study of narrative structure, this is a solid and very perceptive exploration of the issues salient to the telling of a story—whatever the medium. "For the specialist in the study of narrative structure, this is a solid and very perceptive exploration of the issues salient to the telling of a story—whatever the medium. Chatman, whose approach here is at once dualist and structuralist, divides his subject into the ''what'' of the narrative (Story) and the ''way'' (Discourse)... Chatman''s command of his material is impressive."—Library Journal |
Imprint Name: | Cornell University Press |
Publisher Name: | Cornell University Press |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 1980-05-31 |