Author : Horst Ruthrof
Release : 2016-08-19
Genre : Literary Criticism
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis The Reader's Construction of Narrative by : Horst Ruthrof
Download or read book The Reader's Construction of Narrative written by Horst Ruthrof. This book was released on 2016-08-19. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, first published in 1981, the author argues that narrative is an interaction between "the presented world and the presentational process" and attempts to define narrative from the perspective of reading. The Reader’s Construction of Narrative includes chapters on narrative language, translating narrative and discusses what happens when we read a narrative text. This book will be of particular interest to students of literary theory.