Interactive Fictions: Scenes of Storytelling in the Novel

by Yael Halevi-Wise

Arguing that genre must play a role in our study of narrative fiction, this tour of the novel examines interactive storytelling scenes in which characters argue about how to tell a tale that meets their respective social and aesthetic expectations. Through intense readings of interactive storytelling scenes in works spanning the 17th through 20th centuries, Halevi-Wise demonstrates how dramatized arguments about storytelling open a window on social...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313320071
• ISBN13: 9780313320071
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.6"