Narratology beyond Literary Criticism

Mediality, Disciplinarity

Jan Christoph Meister

• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Year: 2008
• Print ISBN: 9783110183528
• eBook ISBN: 9783110201840
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Literary Criticism
• Index: Literature

This anthology presents the results of the Second International Colloquium of the Narratology Research Group (Hamburg University). It engages in the exploration of approaches that broaden Narratology's realm. The contributions illustrate the transcendence of traditional models common to Narratology. They also reflect on the relevance of such a 'going beyond' as seen in more general terms: What interrelation can be observed between re-definition of object domain and re-definition of method? What potential interfaces with other methods and disciplines does the proposed innovation offer? Finally, what are the repercussions of the proposed innovation in terms of Narratology's self-definition? The innovative volume facilitates the inter-methodological debate between Narratology and other disciplines, enabling the conceptualization of a Narratology beyond traditional Literary Criticism.

Table of contents

• Frontmatter
• Table of Contents
• On the Theoretical Foundations of Transmedial Narratology
• The Double Dynamics of Focalization in W. G. Sebald’s The Rings of Saturn
• Levels of Play and Narration
• Narrative in Music: The Case of Beethoven’s “Tempest” Sonata
• Metalepsis as a Transgeneric and Transmedial Phenomenon
• Measuring Narrativity in Literary Texts
• Quantitative Methods in Narratology:
• The Lydgate Storyworld
• ‘Selective’ History
• The Narratological Fabric of the Gospels
• Narrative Discourse and Identities
• Psychotrauma, Narration in the Media, and the Literary Public—and the Diffi culties of Becoming Interdisciplinary
• The Eye of the Beholder
• Backmatter