Narrative in Fiction and Film An Introduction [Paperback]

This introductory book presents key concepts of narrative theory (or narratology ) and analyses five prose texts--the parable of the sower in St. Mark's Gospel, Franz Kafka'sThe Trial, James Joyce's 'The Dead', Joseph Conrad'sHeart of Darkness, and Virginia Woolf'sTo the Lighthouse--by applying the principles of narrative theory. This book also discusses film versions of four of these texts: Orson Welles'sThe Trial, John Huston'sThe Dead, Francis Ford Coppola'sApocalypse Now, and Colin Gregg'sTo the Lighthouse.By lucidly presenting the concepts of narrative theory and illustrating and testing these conceptsNarrative in Fiction and Filmwill be an invaluable text for undergraduates studying narrative theory as part of a literature or film studies course.

Part I
1. Introduction
2. Narrative Communication
3. Narrative Time and Repetition
4. Events, Characters, and Characterization
Part II
5. From the parable of the sower to Franz Kafka'sThe Trialand Orson Welles'sThe Trial
6. James Joyce's 'The Dead' and John Huston'sThe Dead
7. Josep Conrad'sHeart of Darknessand Francis Ford Coppola'sApocalypse Now
8. Virginia Woolf'sTo the Lighthouseand Colin Gregg'sTo the Lighthouse
Bibliography
Index

Jakob Lotheis Professor of English Literature at the University of Oslo. His books includeConrad's Narrative Method(1989), and he is a contributor to theCambridge Companions to Thomas Hardy and Joseph Conrad.