Structural Analysis of Narrative
@article{Todorov1969StructuralAO,
title={Structural Analysis of Narrative},
author={Tzvetan Todorov and Arnold A. Weinstein},
journal={Novel: A Forum on Fiction},
year={1969},
volume={3},
pages={70}
}The theme I propose to deal with is so vast that the few pages which follow will inevitably take the form of a resume. My title, moreover, contains the word "structural," a word more misleading than enlightening today. To avoid misunderstandings as much as possible, I shall proceed in the following fashion. First, I shall give an abstract description of what I conceive to be the structural approach to literature. This approach will then be illustrated by a concrete problem, that of narrative… Expand
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