The author challenges the view that literary texts cannot be examined by words alone, arguing that images also play a role in the interpretation process.
Providing insights into how readers interpret narrative texts, Narratology: Introduction to the Theory on Narrative, Fourth Edition, is a guide for... Læs mere
Bal's focus for this book is the idea that interdisciplinarity in the humanities - necessary, exciting, serious - must seek its heuristic and methodological basis in concepts rather than its methods.
Narratology in Practice draws on various cultural domains to explain the ways in which theory illuminates the presence of narrative.
Feminist literary theorist, specialist in Rembrandt, and a scholar of the Old Testament stories, Mieke Bal considers the signs and meanings that enrich our senses. Her subject is the act of showing, the gesture of exposing to view, especially in the context of the museum.
Looking at a wide range of subjects, from paintings by Rembrant to twentieth-century artists and literary texts, the author examines the act of showing and examines display.
A touchstone in the realm of narrative interpretation, the updated fifth edition of Narratology provides students and scholars a deep and detailed understanding of narratology while drawing upon the most up-to-date research.