目次
The value of narrativity in the representation of reality
Narration in the psychoanalytic dialogue
The law of genre
Secrets and narrative sequence
Twisted tales, or, Story, study, and symphony
What novels can do that films can't (and vice versa)
Social dramas and stories about them
Narrative time
It was a dark and stormy night, or, Why are we huddling about the campfire?
Afterthoughts on narrative, I. On the how, what, and why of narrative
Afterthoughts on narrative, II. Language, narrative, and anti-narrative
Afterthoughts on narrative, III. Narrative versions, narrative theories
Critical response, I. Everyman his or her own annalist
Critical response, II. "The otherwise unnoteworthy year 711" : a reply to Hayden White
Critical response, III. The narrativization of real events
Critical response, IV. The telling and the told
Critical response, V. Reply to Barbara Herrnstein Smith
