Narrative Retellings: Stylistic Approaches

Product Description

Narrative Retellings presents pioneering work at the intersection of stylistics and narrative study to provide new insights into the diverse forms of fictional and factual narratives and their retellings. Common types of retelling, such as translation, adaptation, textual intervention and reader responses are reconceptualised in the chapters, and fresh insights are offered into experiences retold as autofiction, witness statements and advertorials on social media. From modernising the most cherished novels of Jane Austen to deciphering conflicting testimonials following the Hillsborough disaster, this volume reveals the complexities involved in all forms of narrative retellings. As such, it makes a valuable contribution to the interdisciplinary study of stylistics and to the understanding of narrative texts.

Review

“Narrative Retellings represents an innovative and compelling addition to the field of stylistics. By systematically exploring how retellings are shaped by both the production and reception of texts, the chapters offer robust and illuminating analyses of fiction, non-fiction, and the ambiguities that lie between. The volume illustrates the richness and diversity of contemporary stylistics, offering rigorous investigations into a range of retellings across media.” ―Alice Bell, Professor of English Language and Literature, Sheffield Hallam University, UK

“This important and compelling new collection offers an array of exciting stylistic analyses of both fictional and non-fictional narratives. Written by a team of well-known international researchers, the essays which comprise this volume mark a significant contribution to the field of narrative stylistics. More particularly, this book will be an indispensable resource for anyone interested in the stylistic characteristics and implications of how stories are told and retold.” ―Paul Simpson, The Baines Professor of English Language, Liverpool University, UK

“This original volume offers a transparent exposition of narrative retellings across a wide range of textual modes, mediums and genres. It is a meticulously cultured work and is a must read for anyone interested in the emergent insights that can be apprehended at the crossroads of stylistics and narrative study.” ―Michael Burke, Professor of Rhetoric, University College Roosevelt, Utrecht University, Netherlands

About the Author

Marina Lambrou is Associate Professor of English Language and Linguistics at Kingston University, UK.

DAN McINTYRE is Senior Lecturer in English Language at the University of Huddersfield, UK.

Louise Nuttall is Senior Lecturer in English Language and Linguistics at the University of Huddersfield, UK. Her research explores stylistic applications of Cognitive Grammar and reader experiences of fictional minds. She is co-editor of Cognitive Grammar in Literature (with Chloe Harrison, Peter Stockwell and Wenjuan Yuan, John Benjamins, 2014). Her first published article in Language and Literature won the 2015 PALA Prize.