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Kafalenos, Emma, 1939-

Narrative Causalities Emma Kafalenos. - 1 online resource (xiii, 247 p.) - Theory and interpretation of narrative . - Theory and interpretation of narrative series. Book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-241) and index.

Reading narrative causalities: functions and functional polyvalence -- The princess and the pea(s): two versions, different causalities -- Nonchronological narration: Poe's "The assignation" and Browning's "My last duchess" -- The comforts that function c brings: Shakespeare's Hamlet, Racine's Phaedra, and James's Daisy Miller -- Lingering at functions d, e, and f: James's The ambassadors and Kafka's "Before the law" -- Sequential perception: James's The turn of the screw and Balzac's Sarrasine -- Narrative borderlands I: the lyric, the image, and the isolated moment as temporal hinge -- Narrative borderlands II: the image where stories proliferate in novels by Robbe-Grillet and others.

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ISBN: 9780814272541 0814272541

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Causation in literature.
Narration (Rhetoric)
Literature, Modern--History and criticism.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: PN701 / .K34 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 808