Narrative Retellings presents pioneering work at the intersection of stylistics and narrative study to provide new insights into the diverse forms of fictional and factual narratives and their retellings. Common types of retelling, such as translation, adaptation, textual intervention and reader responses are reconceptualised in the chapters, and fresh insights are offered into experiences retold as autofiction, witness statements and advertorials on social media. From modernising the most cherished novels of Jane Austen to deciphering conflicting testimonials following the Hillsborough disaster, this volume reveals the complexities involved in all forms of narrative retellings. As such, it makes a valuable contribution to the interdisciplinary study of stylistics and to the understanding of narrative texts.
Recenzijas
Narrative Retellings represents an innovative and compelling addition to the field of stylistics. By systematically exploring how retellings are shaped by both the production and reception of texts, the chapters offer robust and illuminating analyses of fiction, non-fiction, and the ambiguities that lie between. The volume illustrates the richness and diversity of contemporary stylistics, offering rigorous investigations into a range of retellings across media. * Alice Bell, Professor of English Language and Literature, Sheffield Hallam University, UK * This important and compelling new collection offers an array of exciting stylistic analyses of both fictional and non-fictional narratives. Written by a team of well-known international researchers, the essays which comprise this volume mark a significant contribution to the field of narrative stylistics. More particularly, this book will be an indispensable resource for anyone interested in the stylistic characteristics and implications of how stories are told and retold. * Paul Simpson, The Baines Professor of English Language, Liverpool University, UK * This original volume offers a transparent exposition of narrative retellings across a wide range of textual modes, mediums and genres. It is a meticulously cultured work and is a must read for anyone interested in the emergent insights that can be apprehended at the crossroads of stylistics and narrative study. * Michael Burke, Professor of Rhetoric, University College Roosevelt, Utrecht University, Netherlands *
Papildus informācija
A stylistic exploration of narratives and the many ways in which they are retold in literary and non-literary texts.
List of Figures
List of Tables
Notes on Contributors
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction to Narrative Retellings, Marina Lambrou
Part I. Fictional Retellings
2. Restorying: The Creative Act of Re-telling, Jeremy Scott
3. Adaptation as a Communicative Act: Pride and Prejudice in a Hall of
Mirrors, Anne Furlong
4. Narrative Retelling in McGaherns Swallows: The Intensifying Power
of Repetition and Return, Michael Toolan
5. Modern Retellings of Jane Austen, Joe Bray
6. Rewriting Misdirection: A Stylistic Approach to Crime Fiction Writing,
Christiana Gregoriou
Part II. Factual Retellings
7. Siegfried Sassoon, Autofiction and Style: Retelling the Experience of
War, Marcello Giovanelli
8. Retelling Catastrophe through Translation, Jean Boase-Beier
9. Retelling Hillsborough: A Critical Stylistic Analysis of Witness
Statements, Patricia Canning
10. This is a Sponsored Post, But All Opinions Are My Own: Advertising
(Re)tellings on Social Media, Helen Ringrow
Part III. Pedagogical Applications of Retellings
11. Intervening in Text-Worlds: Retelling, Text World Theory and Pedagogy,
Ian Cushing
12. Retelling Stories across Languages and Cultures: Literary Imagination
and Symbolic Competence, Chantelle Warner
13. Rereading as Retelling: Re-evaluations of Perspective in Narrative
Fiction, Chloe Harrison and Louise Nuttall
Index
Marina Lambrou is Associate Professor of English Language and Linguistics at Kingston University, UK.
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