Narrative in Fiction and Film: An Introduction

by Jakob Lothe, امید نیک فرجام (translator)

Narrative in Fiction and Film gives a clear presentation of key concepts of narrative theory. A growing field in the humanities, narrative theory (or 'narratology') studies such narratives, thus discussing central questions concerning human communication. This introductory book has a two-part structure: Part I presents key concepts of narrative theory - for example, author, narrator, time, perspective, event, characterization. The discussion is oriented towards narrative fiction and centred on literary texts, yet since film can also have an important narrative dimension, the film aspect is brought into each chapter. Part II analyses five prose texts: the parable of the sower in St. Mark's Gospel, Franz Kafka's The Trial, James Joyce's 'The Dead', Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, and Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse. Part II also discusses film versions of four of these texts: Orson Welles's The Trial, John Huston's The Dead, Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now, and Colin Gregg's To the Lighthouse. The book brings together and lucidly presents concepts and theories in narrative theory, and illustrates and tests theses theories. It will be an invaluable text for undergraduates studying narrative theory as part of a literature or film studies course.

319 pages, Unknown Binding

First published April 20, 2000

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[Ali Arabzadeh · Rating 2 out of 5]

راجع به بدي ترجمه و كتاب سازي و خلاصه كم كاري ناشر به اندازه كافي نوشته ام. چيزي كه راجع به خود كتاب ميشود گفت اينكه عنوانش دقيقا با محتواش همخواني ندارد. يعني اولا اين كتاب بيشتر از يك مقدمه يا درآمد است و ثانيا بخش سينمايي اش هم تنك و كم مايه و طفيلي ادبيات است. در واقع همان هم كه هست مسئله اش اقتباس سينمايي از متن ادبي ست نه روايت در ادبيات.
نكته ي پاياني هم اينكه كتاب به شدت مبهم و مجمل است. البته نميدانم اين ابهام چقدرش به خاطر ترجمه اش و چقدر در متن اصلي هم هست ولي به هر حال ارجاعات، اصطلاحات و نقل قول ها بدون توضيح درست و درمان بيان شده اند و به همين خاطر متن در خيلي جاها گنگ است.