Narrative Fiction

Shlomith Rimmon-Kenan addresses key approaches to narrative fiction, from New Criticism to Phenomenology, but also offers views on and modifications to these theories.

A synthesis of approaches to narrative fiction, considering Anglo-American New Criticism, Russian Formalism and French Structuralism that formulates the ways readers can, should, and do read narrative fiction.
What is a narrative? What is narrative fiction? How does it differ from other kinds of narrative? Shlomith Rimmon-Kenan provides a synthesis of contemporary approaches to narrative fiction, considering in particular Anglo-American New Criticism, Russian Formalism and French Structuralism.