Analyzing World Fiction: New Horizons in Narrative Theory

by Frederick Luis Aldama

Book Overview

Why are many readers drawn to stories that texture ethnic experiences and identities other than their own? How do authors such as Salman Rushdie and Maxine Hong Kingston, or filmmakers in Bollywood or Mexico City produce complex fiction that satisfies audiences worldwide? In Analyzing World Fiction, fifteen renowned luminaries use tools of narratology and insights from cognitive science and neurobiology to provide answers to these questions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292747640
• ISBN13: 9780292747647
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 327 Pages