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Narrating Space / Spatializing Narrative: Where Narrative Theory and Geography Meet
Narrating Space / Spatializing Narrative: Where Narrative Theory and Geography Meet by Marie-....
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312 pages, Paperback
Published March 16, 2016
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September 11, 2023
Collection of somewhat specialist literature on the spatial dimensions of narrative. The authors stake out their intended purpose:
"Space has traditionally been viewed as a backdrop to plot, if only because narrative, by definition, is a temporal art involving the sequencing of events. Against this traditional conception, this book advances the argument that space serves other narrative roles: it can be a focus of attention, a bearer of symbolic meaning, an object of emotional investment, a means of strategic planning, a principle of organization, and even a supporting medium."
and conclude:
"Geography provides narratology not only with the concepts of space and place but also with tools to describe storyworlds (maps and other visual representations of data), with a critical examination of these tools (critical cartography), with systems to anchor stories in the real world (GPS), and with a rich corpus of work on how people experience space and place (Hubbard and Kitchin 2011). This work can teach narratology new ways to approach texts (Prieto 2013; Mehigan and Corkhill 2013). As for geography, it needs narratives and narratology because, if it wants to capture the experience of space and place in its emotional, existential, and phenomenological dimensions, its richest source of data are the stories people create involving space and place."
As such this can be a healthy excercise in highlighting one aspect of narrative; not so sure whether this approach has enough substance as of yet to qualify as a separate research field within narratology.
"Space has traditionally been viewed as a backdrop to plot, if only because narrative, by definition, is a temporal art involving the sequencing of events. Against this traditional conception, this book advances the argument that space serves other narrative roles: it can be a focus of attention, a bearer of symbolic meaning, an object of emotional investment, a means of strategic planning, a principle of organization, and even a supporting medium."
and conclude:
"Geography provides narratology not only with the concepts of space and place but also with tools to describe storyworlds (maps and other visual representations of data), with a critical examination of these tools (critical cartography), with systems to anchor stories in the real world (GPS), and with a rich corpus of work on how people experience space and place (Hubbard and Kitchin 2011). This work can teach narratology new ways to approach texts (Prieto 2013; Mehigan and Corkhill 2013). As for geography, it needs narratives and narratology because, if it wants to capture the experience of space and place in its emotional, existential, and phenomenological dimensions, its richest source of data are the stories people create involving space and place."
As such this can be a healthy excercise in highlighting one aspect of narrative; not so sure whether this approach has enough substance as of yet to qualify as a separate research field within narratology.
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