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Seymour Chatman

Auteur de Story and Discourse

19+ oeuvres 433 utilisateurs 2 critiques

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Comprend les noms: Seymour Benjamin Chatman

Crédit image: UC Berkeley

Œuvres de Seymour Chatman

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The State of the Language [1990] (1979) — Contributeur — 88 exemplaires
Perspectives on poetry (1968) — Contributeur — 7 exemplaires

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Date de naissance
1928
Sexe
male
Nationalité
USA
Lieux de résidence
Berkeley, California, USA
Professions
Professor

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This seems to synthesize a lot of other peoples' work, particularly Todorov, Genette, Booth and Barthes. I can't actually remember the bits that Chatman puts forward in his own name, which I guess is a good sign that all that synthesis doesn't leave you with a mess, but with a pretty coherent description of narrative art-forms; and I definitely remember thinking that when he argues against one of the aforementioned titans of the discipline, Chatman comes across as more sensible and more sympathetic to, you know, books, rather than theory. That's always a good thing. Despite being part of the structuralist camp, he understands the importance of social and historical context for 'structures,' and admits that a fuller understanding of history and societies than is evident here would help out narrative theory. It's even pretty decent writing. A hard slog, with a lot of definitions and hair-splitting, but better than it could have been.… (plus d'informations)
 
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stillatim | 1 autre critique | Dec 29, 2013 |
we listed it somehow at like new. This has pencil markings throughout and some page stains. One of the early books that got me interested in narrative. A summary of the field at the time I was in graduate school. This is actually the 1978 version.
 
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idiotgirl | 1 autre critique | Aug 7, 2017 |

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Œuvres
19
Aussi par
2
Membres
433
Popularité
#56,454
Évaluation
3.8
Critiques
2
ISBN
34
Langues
5

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