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it acts upon us,howwe actupon it,how it is transmitted,and howitchanges when the medium or the cultural contextchange.Porter Abbott emphasizes that narrativeis found not just in the arts but everywhere in theordinary course of people's lives.Abbott groundshis treatment of narrative by introducing it as ahuman phenomenon that is not restricted toliterature,film,and theatre,but is found in allactivities that involve the representation ofeventsin time.At the same time,he honors the fact thatout of this common capability have come richand meaningful naratives that we come back toand reflect on repeatedly in our lives.Anindispensable tool for students and teachersalike,this book willguide readers through thefundamental aspects of narrative.  \nCover illustration:Siu Zimmerman,On Emergence.Copyrighto Siu Zimmerman 2001.  \n'A lucid,practical,wide-  \nranging,and often original  \nintroduction to narrative,  \nwhich willbe extremely useful  \nin undergraduate and graduate  \ncourses on literary theory and  \ncriticism.This is not a dry text-  \nbook,however:the reader is  \nmadeaware ofa real voice and  \nofa fascination with the role of  \nnarrative across many areas of  \nculture and beyond.'  \nDerek Attridge  \n6a0RR  \nNarrative  \nAbbott  \nTHE CAMBRIDGE INTRODUCTION TONarrative  \nH.Porter Abbott  \ngolubov  \n# The Cambridge Introduction toNarrative\n\nThe Cambridge Iutreoductiou to Narrative is designed to help readersunderstand what narrative is,how it is constructed,how it acts upon us,how we act upon it,how it is transnitted,and how it changes when themedium or the cultural context change.Porter Abbott emphasizes thatnarrative is found not just in the arts but everywhere in the ordinarycourse of people's lives.Abbott grounds his treatment of narrative byintroducing it as a human phenomenon that is not restricted to literature,film,and theatre.but is found in all activities that involve therepresentation of events in time.At the same tine,he honors the fact  \nthat out of this conmon capability have come rich and meaningfulnarratives that we come back to and reflect on repeatedly in our lives.Anindispensable tool for students and teachers alike,this book will guidereaders through the fundamental aspects of narrative.  \nH.Porter Abbot is Professor in the Department of English at theUniversity of California,Santa Barbara.He is the author of The Fiction ofSael Beckett:Form and Effect,Diary Fiction:Writing as Action,BeckettWriting Beckett:the Aarlor in the Atograplh,and editor of On the Origin ofFicions:Inuterdisciplinary Perspectives,a special issue of the journal SubStance.  \n二  \nThe Cambridge Introduction toNarrative  \nH.PORTER ABBOTT  \n中中  \nPUBLISHEI)BY THE PRESS SYNDICATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE  \nThe Pitt Building,Trumpington Street.Cambridge,United Kingdom  \nCAMBRII)GE UNIVERSITY PRESS  \nThe Edinburgh Building,Cambridge CB22RU,UK40 West 20th Street,New York NY 10011-4211,USA477 Williamstown Road,Port Melboume,VIC 3207,AustraliaRuiz de Alarcón 13,28014 Madrid,SpainDock House,The Waterfront,Cape Town 8001,South Africa  \nhttp://www.cambridge.org  \n◎ Cambridge University Press 2002  一  \nThis book is in copyright.Subject to statutory exceptionand to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreementsno reproduction ofany part may take place withoutthe written permision of Cambridge University Press.  \nFirst published 2002  \nPrinted in the United Kingdom at the University Press,Cambridge  \nTypeface Bembo 11/12.5 pt.  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