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…
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