Even the title: on the state of narrative theory today
journal contribution
posted on 2023-06-08, 20:15authored byNicholas Royle
This essay considers the state of narrative theory today, giving particular attention to the rhetorical figure of aposiopesis (the unfinished sentence) and mind-reading or telepathy. Detailed readings of Joseph Conrad, Elizabeth Bowen and Jon McGregor interweave with a critical assessment of the work if a number of contemporary narrative theorists, including Jonathan Culler, Brian Richardson and Lisa Zunshine.