Isbn: 9783631662267 - the ordinary and the short story: short fiction of t.f. powys and v.s. pritchett (transatlantic studies in british and north american culture, band 12) (5 Ergebnisse)

Festeinband. Zustand: Sehr gut. 230 Seiten ; 22 cm Tadelloses Exemplar. - Table o f Contents -- In tro d u c tio n 7 -- 01 The Ordinary8 -- 02 Russian Formalism and the Ordinary17 -- 03 The Ordinary: Definition 20 -- 04 The Short Story21 -- 05 Narrative Rhetoric 24 -- 06 Powys, Pritchett and the Critics27 -- C h ap ter O n e T E Powys: The Ecstatic O rd in a ry 33 -- 11 The Ordinary and the Violation33 -- 12 The Ordinary: Setting 34 -- 13 The Ordinary: Characterization 39 -- - Habit and Agency 42 -- 14 The Violation: Setting 45 -- 15 The Violation: Events 53 -- 16 The Violation: Characterization56 -- - Character Instabilities 59 -- - Fictional Modes and Powers of Action 64 -- 17 The Violation: Language 67 -- 18 Conclusion: Doxa and the Extravagance of Ordinariness73 -- C h ap ter Two V8 Pritchett: The Static O rd in a ry 79 -- 21 Character and the Ordinary79 -- - Stasis: Characterisation 85 -- - Character Constellations96 -- - Characterisation Modes101 -- Appearance Descriptions 108 -- - Totalizing Statements109 -- 22 Stasis-Ekstasis: EventsI l l -- 23 Setting - Convention115 -- 24 Language 117 -- 25 Conclusions: Stasis121 -- - The Hermeneutical Event 129 -- Chapter Three Narration, Rhetoric and the Ordinary 133 -- 31 Narration, Rhetoric and the Ordinary133 -- 32 Powys: Narrators and Audiences 140 -- 33 Pritchett: Narrators, Characters, and Audiences 151 -- 34 Narrativity 160 -- 35 Powys: Narrativity168 -- 36 Pritchett: Description and Narrativity174 -- 37 Causality183 -- 38 Powys: Causality 187 -- 39 Pritchett: Causality196 -- Endings Conclusions 203 -- - Endings203 -- - Conclusions214 -- Works Cited 217 ISBN 9783631662267 Altersfreigabe FSK ab 0 Jahre Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 396.…

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Zustand: New. The book looks at the uses of the ordinary in the short stories of T.F. Powys and V.S. Pritchett. It observes two models the theme is explored in: the violation (ekstasis), and the preservation (stasis). It explores the use of the theme in terms of: characterization, events, setting, narrativity, eventfulness, causality and narrative rhetoric. Series: Transatlantic Studies in British and North American Culture. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 215 x 20. Weight in Grams: 402. . 2015. New. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This formalist-narratological study of T.F. Powys' and V.S. Pritchett's short fiction reestablishes both authors as important contributors to the history of the short story form. It also discusses how writers, who did not belong to the modernist avant-garde innovation, address the problems of the short story form in the twentieth century. The study takes a close look at the uses of the ordinary and analyses character, setting, and event presentation, narrators, audiences, narrativity, eventfulness, causality, and narrative rhetoric. It presents two kinds of short fiction and two kinds of the ordinary: the ecstatic one, focused on violations of norm, and the static kind that reassures its patterns.…