Disnarration and the Unmentioned in Fact and Fiction (eBook)

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2016 | 1st ed. 2016
XI, 126 Seiten
Palgrave Macmillan UK (Verlag)
978-1-137-50778-5 (ISBN)

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Disnarration and the Unmentioned in Fact and Fiction -  Marina Lambrou
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In this book Marina Lambrou explores the dimension of narrative storytelling described as 'the disnarrated' - events that do not happen but which are referred to - across three genres of texts: personal narratives; news stories; and fiction (literary and film). The book begins by asking why such disnarrated narratives are nevertheless considered tellable. It moves on to examine the pervasiveness of this phenomenon in news reports about 'near misses' and the shared personal narratives about dangerous experiences, where 'truth' is expected to be central their telling. It further discusses how disnarration is generated in counterfactual 'what if?' scenarios in fiction where characters follow alternative, forked paths with fascinating unexpected consequences. This engaging work offers original insights to anyone interested in storytelling and will appeal in particular to scholars of language and literature, stylistics, narratology, media, film and journalism.




Marina Lambrou is Associate Professor in English Language and Linguistics at Kingston University, UK. She has published widely in the areas of narratology and literary and non-literary stylistics that include personal and trauma narratives, and media discourses. She is the current Chair of the Poetics and Linguistics Association (PALA).

In this book Marina Lambrou explores the dimension of narrative storytelling described as 'the disnarrated' - events that do not happen but which are referred to - across three genres of texts: personal narratives; news stories; and fiction (literary and film). The book begins by asking why such disnarrated narratives are nevertheless considered tellable. It moves on to examine the pervasiveness of this phenomenon in news reports about "e;near misses"e; and the shared personal narratives about dangerous experiences, where "e;truth"e; is expected to be central their telling. It further discusses how disnarration is generated in counterfactual "e;what if?"e; scenarios in fiction where characters follow alternative, forked paths with fascinating unexpected consequences. This engaging work offers original insights to anyone interested in storytelling and will appeal in particular to scholars of language and literature, stylistics, narratology, media, film and journalism.

Marina Lambrou is Associate Professor in English Language and Linguistics at Kingston University, UK. She has published widely in the areas of narratology and literary and non-literary stylistics that include personal and trauma narratives, and media discourses. She is the current Chair of the Poetics and Linguistics Association (PALA).

Chapter 1: Introduction to disnarration and the unmentioned in fact and fiction.- Chapter 2: Telling stories.- Chapter 3: Disnarration and the unmentioned in fact: oral narratives of personal experience.- Chapter 4: Disnarration and the unmentioned in fact: news stories.- Chapter 5: Disnarration and the unmentioned in fiction.- Chapter 6: Conclusion.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 14.1.2016
Zusatzinfo XI, 126 p. 1 illus.
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Themenwelt Literatur
Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Anglistik / Amerikanistik
Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft
Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaft
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung
Schlagworte Counterfactual • disnarrated narratives • Film • Hypothetical scenarios • literary fiction • media discourses • metafiction • Narrative refusals • Narratology • News media • oral narratives • possible worlds theory • Storytelling
ISBN-10 1-137-50778-0 / 1137507780
ISBN-13 978-1-137-50778-5 / 9781137507785
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