Narrative and Genre Contributor(s): Chamberlain, Mary (Editor), Thompson, Paul (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415757037 ISBN-13: 9780415757034 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $56.04 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History |
Lexile Measure: 1410 |
Series: Routledge Studies in Memory & Narrative |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (0.70 lbs) 220 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Any life story, whether a written autobiography or an oral testimony, is shaped not only by the reworkings of experience through memory and re-evaluation, but also art. Any communication has to use shared conventions not only of language itself but also the more complex expectations of 'genre': of the forms expected within a given context and type of communication. This collection of essays by internationl academics draws on a wide range of disciplines in the social sciences and the humanities to examine how far the expectations and forms of genre shape different kinds of autobiography and influence what messages they can convey. After investigating the problem of genre definition, and tracing the evolution of genre as a concept, contributors explore such issues as: * How far can we argue that what people narrate in their autobiographical stories is selected and shaped by the reportoire of genre available to them? |