Disnarration and the Unmentioned in Fact and Fiction

by M Lambrou

Book Overview

In this book Marina Lambrou explores the dimension of narrative storytelling described as 'the disnarrated' - events that do not happen but which are referred to - across three genres of texts: personal narratives; news stories; and fiction (literary and film). The book begins by asking why such disnarrated narratives are nevertheless considered tellable. It moves on to examine the pervasiveness of this phenomenon in news reports about "near misses"...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137507772
• ISBN13: 9781137507778
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
• Length: 126 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 8.3"