Narratives and Narrators
| Author | : Gregory Currie |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
| Total Pages | : 264 |
| Release | : 2010-02-18 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780199282609 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0199282609 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (609 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Narratives and Narrators by : Gregory Currie
Download or read book Narratives and Narrators written by Gregory Currie and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2010-02-18 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gregory Currie offers a reflection on the nature and significance of narrative in human communication. He shows that narratives are devices for manifesting the intentions of their makers in stories, argues that human tendencies to imitation and to joint attention underlie the pleasure of narrative, and discusses authorship, character, and irony.
