A Narratology of Drama - Christine Schwanecke - Books - De Gruyter - 9783110721379 - January 31, 2022
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Christine Schwanecke
A Narratology of Drama

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This volume argues against Gerard Genette's theory that there is an "insurmountable opposition" between drama and narrative and shows that the two forms of storytelling have been productively intertwined throughout literary history. Building on the idea that plays often incorporate elements from other genres, especially narrative ones, the present study theorises drama as a fundamentally narrative genre. Guided by the question of how drama tells stories, the first part of the study delineates the general characteristics of dramatic narration and zooms in on the use of narrative forms in drama. The second part proposes a history of dramatic storytelling from the Renaissance to the twenty-first century that transcends conventional genre boundaries. Close readings of exemplary British plays provide an overview of the dominant narrative modes in each period and point to their impact in the broader cultural and historical context of the plays. Finally, the volume argues that throughout history, highly narrative plays have had a performative power that reached well beyond the stage: dramatic storytelling not only reflects socio-political realities, but also largely shapes them.

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Released January 31, 2022
ISBN13 9783110721379
Publishers De Gruyter
Pages 433
Dimensions 155 × 230 × 23 mm   ·   784 g
Language English  

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