... that facilitate the development of the novel's plot by way of the character's movement, perspective, or moving perspective. These considerations will be brought to bear on James Phelan's rhetorical approach to the fictional character's basic functions, also known as the mimetic-thematic-synthetic model (MTS model...

...Jakob Lothe Phelan James , Somebody Telling Somebody Else: A Rhetorical Poetics of Narrative . Columbus : Ohio State University Press , 2017 . xv + 1274 pp. Copyright © 2019 by Porter Institute for Poetics and Semiotics 2019 References Chatman Seymour . 1978...

...Roger Edholm Abstract James Phelan presents his rhetorical approach to narrative in opposition to the existing paradigm in contemporary narrative theory. His rhetorical poetics is therefore described as a search for a new paradigm. This article argues, however, that Phelan's view of narrative does...

... with its emerging features, the present essay argues that to better define this interrelation we can rely on the rhetorical approach to narrative and, in particular, on James Phelan’s (2011 James Phelan’s (2014) model of narrative communication. On the other hand, for this model to provide a fruitful...

...Sarah Copland; James Phelan Abstract This article proposes to revise rhetorical narrative theory's model of audiences in fiction (actual, authorial, narrative, ideal narrative, and narratee) by replacing the term/concept of the ideal narrative audience with that of the ideal narratee , defined...

...James Phelan phelan[email protected] Copyright © 2024 by Porter Institute for Poetics and Semiotics 2024  ChatGPT rhetorical narratology structuralist narratology unreliable narration Sandra Cisneros “Barbie-Q” From the perspective of rhetorical narratology, artificial...

...James Phelan This essay constructs a dialogue between Catherine Gallagher’s influential historical and theoretical account of the nexus among fictionality, readerly disposition, and character in the new genre of the novel and rhetorical theory’s alternative account of that nexus. In reading...

...James Phelan Rhetorical literary ethics are part and parcel of the larger rhetorical interchange between authors and audiences offered by literary texts; in this respect, ethics are an intrinsic part of (rhetorical) form. More specifically,this rhetorical ethics attends to the interactions among...

...Michael Eskin Porter Institute for Poetics and Semiotics 2008 James Phelan, Living to Tell about It: A Rhetoric of Ethics and Character Narration . Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2005. xvi + 236 pp. Aristotle 1994 The “Art” of Rhetoric , translated by John Henry Freese...

... of the Implied Author: Why Bother?” in Phelan Rabinowitz 2005 : 75 – 88 . Brooks Peter 1984 Reading for the Plot: Design and Intention in Narrative ( New York : Knopf ). Chopin Kate 1976 [1893] “Désirée's Baby,” in The Awakening and Selected Short Stories of Kate...

... of Fiction , 2nd ed. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press). 2005 “Resurrection of the Implied Author: Why Bother?” in Phelan and Rabinowitz 2005: 75 -88. Bordwell, David 1985 Narration in the Fiction Film (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press). Bruner, Jerome 1993 “The Autobiographical...

...Eyal Segal © 2016 by Porter Institute for Poetics and Semiotics 2016 Phelan James , Reading the American Novel 1920 – 2010 . Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell , 2013 . viii + 270 pp. New Books at a Glance Walter Bernhart and Lawrence Kramer, eds., On Voice. Amsterdam: Rodopi...

..., but that it resonates deeply with rhetorical narrative theory's goals and commitments. Rhetorical theory views narrative as an act of communication (Walsh 2007 : 5; Phelan 2017 : x, 5). James Phelan ( 2017 : 5) defines it as “somebody telling somebody else, on some occasion, and for some purpose, that something...

... Institute for Poetics and Semiotics DOI 10.1215/03335372-3452976 James Phelan, Reading the American Novel 1920 – 2010. Malden, MA: Wiley- Blackwell, 2013. viii 1270 pp. This book in the series Reading the Novel aims to “explain and apply a trenchant approach...

... University, Porter Institute for Poetics and Semiotics DOI 10.1215/03335372-3452976 James Phelan, Reading the American Novel 1920 – 2010. Malden, MA: Wiley- Blackwell, 2013. viii 1270 pp. This book in the series Reading the Novel aims...

... Institute for Poetics and Semiotics DOI 10.1215/03335372-3452976 James Phelan, Reading the American Novel 1920 – 2010. Malden, MA: Wiley- Blackwell, 2013. viii 1270 pp. This book in the series Reading the Novel aims to “explain and apply a trenchant approach...

... University, Porter Institute for Poetics and Semiotics DOI 10.1215/03335372-3452976 James Phelan, Reading the American Novel 1920 – 2010. Malden, MA: Wiley- Blackwell, 2013. viii 1270 pp. This book in the series Reading the Novel aims...

... University, Porter Institute for Poetics and Semiotics DOI 10.1215/03335372-3452976 James Phelan, Reading the American Novel 1920 – 2010. Malden, MA: Wiley- Blackwell, 2013. viii 1270 pp. This book in the series Reading the Novel aims...

..., Porter Institute for Poetics and Semiotics DOI 10.1215/03335372-3452976 James Phelan, Reading the American Novel 1920 – 2010. Malden, MA: Wiley- Blackwell, 2013. viii 1270 pp. This book in the series Reading the Novel aims to “explain and apply a trenchant...

..., Porter Institute for Poetics and Semiotics DOI 10.1215/03335372-3452976 James Phelan, Reading the American Novel 1920 – 2010. Malden, MA: Wiley- Blackwell, 2013. viii 1270 pp. This book in the series Reading the Novel aims to “explain and apply a trenchant...