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Volume 38: Issue 2
The problem of time in a general narratology
Author:
Henry Zhao College of Literature and Journalism, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610064 People’s Republic of China

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Pages:
329–337
Online Publication Date:
14 Jul 2011
Publication Date:
01 Dec 2011
Article Category:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11059-011-0100-2
Keywords:
General narratology; Minimal narrative; Factuality; Fictional frame; Present presence
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Abstract  

The profound narrativization of contemporary culture in the large-scale “Narrative Turn” forces narratology to leave the paradigm established on the study of the novel, and a general narratology that embraces all kinds of narratives is urgently called for. The “fundamental retrospectiveness” for the definition of the narrative becomes an obstacle for such a narratology. This essay proposes a new definition for the minimal narrative by removing the “recounting” part, and, based on the new definition, an all-narrative typology as distinguished by three criteria: factuality/fictionality, media, and moods (intentional temporality). Finally the essay attempts a detailed analysis of the live television news since they occupy an important position in today’s culture and emphasizes that the uncertainty of the plot could lead to recycling of intention.

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