PART I PRELIMINARIES 1. Introduction, DAVID HERMAN, p. 3.
2 Toward a definition of narrative, MARIE-LAURE RYAN, p. 22.
PART II STUDYING NARRATIVE FICTION: A STARTER-KIT
3. Story, plot, and narration, H. PORTER ABBOTT, p. 39.
4. Time and space, Teresa Bridgeman, p.52.
5. Character, Uri Margolin, p. 66.
6. Dialogue, BRONWEN THOMAS, p. 80.
7. Focalization, Manfred Jahn, p. 94.
8. Genre, Heta Pyrhnen, p. 109.
PART III OTHER NARRATIVE MEDIA (A SELECTION)
9. Conversational storytelling, Neal R. Norrick, p. 127.
10. Drama and narrative, Brian Richardson, p. 142.
11. Film and television narrative, Jason Mittell, p. 156.
12. Narrative and digital media, Nick Monfort, p. 172.
PART IV FURTHER CONTEXTS FOR NARRATIVE STUDY
13. Gender, Ruth Page, p. 189.
14. Rhetoric/ethics, James Phelan, p. 203.
15. Ideology, Luc Herman and Bart Vervaeck, p. 217.
16. Language, Michael Toolan, p. 231.
17. Cognition, emotion, and consciousness, David Herman, p. 245.
18. Identity/alterity, Monika Fludernik, p. 260.
Glossary, p. 274.
Further reading, p. 283.
Index, p. 293.