| Story Logic: Problems and Possibilties of Narrative Contributor(s): Herman, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 0803273428 ISBN-13: 9780803273429 Publisher: University of Nebraska Press OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2004 Annotation: Featuring a major synthesis and critique of interdisciplinary narrative theory, "Story Logic" marks a watershed moment in the study of narrative. David Herman argues that narrative is simultaneously a cognitive style, a discourse genre, and a resource for writing. Because stories are strategies that help humans make sense of their world, narratives not only have a logic but also are a logic in their own right, providing an irreplaceable resource for structuring and comprehending experience. "Story Logic" brings together and pointedly examines key concepts of narrative in literary criticism, linguistics, and cognitive science, supplementing them with a battery of additional concepts that enable many different kinds of narratives to be analyzed and understood. By thoroughly tracing and synthesizing the development of different strands of narrative theory and provocatively critiquing what narratives are and how they work, "Story Logic" provides a powerful interpretive tool kit that broadens the applicability of narrative theory to more complex forms of stories, however and wherever they appear. "Story Logic" offers a fresh and incisive way to appreciate more fully the power and significance of narratives. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism - Language Arts & Disciplines | Rhetoric |
| Dewey: 808 |
| LCCN: 2001043074 |
| Series: Frontiers of Narrative |
| Physical Information: 1.15" H x 5.5" W x 8.54" (1.27 lbs) 477 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Featuring a major synthesis and critique of interdisciplinary narrative theory, Story Logic marks a watershed moment in the study of narrative. David Herman argues that narrative is simultaneously a cognitive style, a discourse genre, and a resource for writing. Because stories are strategies that help humans make sense of their world, narratives not only have a logic but also are a logic in their own right, providing an irreplaceable resource for structuring and comprehending experience. Story Logic brings together and pointedly examines key concepts of narrative in literary criticism, linguistics, and cognitive science, supplementing them with a battery of additional concepts that enable many different kinds of narratives to be analyzed and understood. By thoroughly tracing and synthesizing the development of different strands of narrative theory and provocatively critiquing what narratives are and how they work, Story Logic provides a powerful interpretive tool kit that broadens the applicability of narrative theory to more complex forms of stories, however and wherever they appear. Story Logic offers a fresh and incisive way to appreciate more fully the power and significance of narratives. David Herman is a professor of English at North Carolina State University and an adjunct professor of linguistics at Duke University. He is the author of Universal Grammar and Narrative Form and the editor of Narratologies: New Perspectives on Narrative Analysis. |