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Record Nr.

UNINA9910524899803321

Autore

Dawson Paul <1972->

Titolo

The Return of the Omniscient Narrator : Authorship and Authority in Twenty-First Century Fiction / / Paul Dawson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Columbus, : The Ohio State University Press, 2013

ISBN

0-8142-7120-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Theory and interpretation of narrative

Disciplina

808.3

Soggetti

Narration (Rhetoric)

Omniscience (Theory of knowledge) in literature

Fiction - Technique

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: The return of omniscience in contemporary fiction -- Omniscience and narrative authority -- The direct address and the ironic moralist -- Prolepsis and the literary historian -- Style and the pyrotechnic storyteller -- Polymathic knowledge, the immersion journalist, and the social commentator -- Voice and free indirect discourse in contemporary omniscient narration -- Paralepsis and omniscient character narration -- Real authors and real readers : a discursive approach to the narrative communication model -- Conclusion.