the living handbook of narratology

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Revisions for Narrator

Revision	Operations
26. January 2014 by Jan Horstmann	current revision
24. January 2014 by Jan Horstmann
24. January 2014 by Jan Horstmann
17. January 2014 by Jan Horstmann
17. January 2014 by Jan Horstmann
16. September 2013 by Wilhelm Schernus
26. June 2013 by Jan Horstmann
19. June 2013 by Jan Horstmann
16. June 2013 by Paul Hamann

Definition
Explication
History of the Concept and its Study
Identifying the Narrator: Constitutive Conditions
“Unnatural Voices” in Postmodern Narratives
Individuating the Narrator
Types of Utterances
Situational Indicators
Narration-oriented Utterances
Major Aspects of a Narrator’s Image
Knowledge
Reliability
Relation to the Narrative Act
Articulateness
Attitude to the Narrated
Projected Teller Role
Plurivocal and Multi-level Narration
Narrators and Characters
Alternative Models
Topics for Further Investigation
Bibliography
Works Cited
Further Reading

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