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Coincidence and Counterfactuality: Plotting Time and Space in Narrative Fiction by Hilary P. Dannenberg

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In Coincidence and Counterfactuality, a groundbreaking analysis of plot, Hilary P. Dannenberg sets out to answer the perennial question of how to tell a good story. While plot is among the most integral aspects of storytelling, it is perhaps the least studied aspect of narrative. Using plot theory to chart the development of narrative fiction from the Renaissance to the present, Dannenberg demonstrates how the novel has evolved over time and how writers have developed increasingly complex narrative strategies that tap into key cognitive parameters familiar to the reader from real-life experience. Dannenberg proposes a new, multidimensional theory for analyzing time and space in narrative fiction, then uses this theory to trace the historical evolution of narrative fiction by focusing on coincidence and counterfactuality. These two key plot strategies are constructed around pivotal moments when characters' life trajectories, or sometimes the paths of history, converge or diverge. The study's rich historical and textual scope reveals how narrative traditions and genres such as romance and realism or science fiction and historiographic metafiction, rather than being separated by clear boundaries are in fact in a continual process of interaction and cross-fertilization. In highlighting critical stages in the historical development of narrative fiction, the study produces new readings of works by pinpointing the innovative role played by particular authors in this evolutionary process. Dannenberg's original investigation of plot patterns is interdisciplinary, incorporating research from narrative theory, cognitive approaches to literature, social psychology, possible worlds theory, and feminist approaches to narrative.

Demonstrates how the novel has evolved over time and how writers have developed increasingly complex narrative strategies

About the Author
Hilary P. Dannenberg is a professor of English Literature at the University of Trier in Germany.

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Coincidence and Counterfactuality mentioned in the Times Literary Supplement, 12th December 2008



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ISBN 9780803210936
Author Hilary P. Dannenberg
Format Hardback
Page Count 304
Imprint University of Nebraska Press
Publisher University of Nebraska Press
Weight(grams) 590g

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