Tag: Narrative

January 11, 2024

The Ethics of Narrative Essays on History, Literature, and Theory, 2007-2017

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Free Download Hayden White, "The Ethics of Narrative: Essays on History, Literature, and Theory, 2007-2017"
English | ISBN: 1501773585 | 2024 | 306 pages | EPUB | 798 KB
The second volume of The Ethics of Narrative completes the project of bringing together nearly all of Hayden White’s uncollected essays from the last two decades of his life, including articles, essays, and previously unpublished lectures. As in the first volume, volume 2 features White’s trenchant articulations of his influential theories, as well as his explorations of a wide range of ideas and authors at the frontiers of critical theory, literature, and historical studies. These include the concept of utopia in history, modernism and postmodernism, constructivism, the conceptualization of historical periods such as "the Sixties" and "the Enlightenment," the representation of the Holocaust in scholarly and literary writing, as well as essays on Frank Kermode, Saul Friedländer, and Krzysztof Pomian.

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January 10, 2024

Reading the Contemporary Author Narrative, Authority, Fictionality

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Free Download Alison Gibbons, "Reading the Contemporary Author: Narrative, Authority, Fictionality "
English | ISBN: 1496234618 | 2023 | 290 pages | EPUB, PDF | 5 MB + 3 MB
Readers, literary critics, and theorists alike have long demonstrated an abiding fascination with the author, both as a real person-an artist and creator-and as a theoretical concept that shapes the way we read literary works. Whether anonymous, pseudonymous, or trending on social media, authors continue to be an object of critical and readerly interest. Yet theories surrounding authorship have yet to be satisfactorily updated to register the changes wrought on the literary sphere by the advent of the digital age, the recent turn to autofiction, and the current literary climate more generally. In Reading the Contemporary Author the contributors look back on the long history of theorizing the author and offer innovative new approaches for understanding this elusive figure.

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January 10, 2024

Many Ramayanas The Diversity of a Narrative Tradition in South Asia

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Free Download Many Ramayanas: The Diversity of a Narrative Tradition in South Asia edited by Paula Richman
English | August 29, 1991 | ISBN: 0520075897 | True EPUB | 290 pages | 4.5 MB
Throughout Indian history, many authors and performers have produced, and many patrons have supported, diverse tellings of the story of the exiled prince Rama, who rescues his abducted wife by battling the demon king who has imprisoned her. The contributors to this volume focus on these "many" Ramayanas.

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January 8, 2024

Narrative And The Making Of US National Security

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Free Download Narrative And The Making Of US National Security By Ronald R. Krebs
2015 | 413 Pages | ISBN: 1107103959 | PDF | 3 MB
Dominant narratives – from the Cold War consensus to the War on Terror – have often served as the foundation for debates over national security. Weaving current challenges, past failures and triumphs, and potential futures into a coherent tale, with well-defined characters and Description lines, these narratives impart meaning to global events, define the boundaries of legitimate politics, and thereby shape national security policy. However, we know little about why or how such narratives rise and fall. Drawing on insights from diverse fields, Narrative and the Making of US National Security offers novel arguments about where these dominant narratives come from, how they become dominant, and when they collapse. It evaluates these arguments carefully against evidence drawn from US debates over national security from the 1930s to the 2000s, and shows how these narrative dynamics have shaped the policies pursued by the United States.

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