Narrative and Genre

by Paul Thompson and Mary Chamberlain

Any life story, whether a written autobiography or an oral testimony, is shaped not only by the reworkings of experience through memory and re-evaluation, but also art. Any communication has to use shared conventions not only of language itself but also the more complex expectations of 'genre': of the forms expected within a given context and type of communication.

This collection of essays by internationl academics draws on a wide range...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415151988
• ISBN13: 9780415151986
• Release Date: December 1997
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.6"