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Meander, spiral, explode : design and pattern in narrative / by Alison, Jane,1961-author.(CARDINAL)669922;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-258).Primary elements. Point, line, texture ; Movement and flow ; Color -- Patterns. Waves ; Wavelets ; Meanders ; Spirals ; Radials or explosions ; Networks and cells ; Fractals ; Tsunami? -- Epilogue.As Jane Alison writes in the introduction to her insightful and appealing book about the craft of writing: "For centuries there's been one path through fiction we're most likely to travel-- one we're actually told to follow--and that's the dramatic arc: a situation arises, grows tense, reaches a peak, subsides . . . But something that swells and tautens until climax, then collapses? Bit masculosexual, no? So many other patterns run through nature, tracing other deep motions in life. Why not draw on them, too?" W. G. Sebald's Emigrants was the first novel to show Alison how forward momentum can be created by way of pattern, rather than the traditional arc-- or, in nature, wave. Other writers of nonlinear prose considered in her "museum of specimens" include Nicholson Baker, Anne Carson, Marguerite Duras, Gabriel García Márquez, Jamaica Kincaid, Clarice Lispector, Susan Minot, David Mitchell, Caryl Phillips, and Mary Robison. Meander, Spiral, Explode is a singular and brilliant elucidation of literary strategies that also brings high spirits and wit to its original conclusions. It is a liberating manifesto that says, Let's leave the outdated modes behind and, in thinking of new modes, bring feeling back to experimentation. It will appeal to serious readers and writers alike. -- Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Narration (Rhetoric); Discourse analysis, Narrative.; Writing.;
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The culture of education / by Bruner, Jerome S.(Jerome Seymour)(CARDINAL)146856;
MARCIVE 03/01/06Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-212) and index.
Subjects: Educational psychology.; Social psychology.; Educational anthropology.; Education; Discourse analysis, Narrative.;
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The healing power of stories : creating yourself through the stories of your life / by Taylor, Daniel,1948-(CARDINAL)752017;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Psychology; Storytelling; Storytelling; Discourse analysis, Narrative; Self-perception.;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5
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Fictional truth / by Riffaterre, Michael.(CARDINAL)726382;
Subjects: Discourse analysis, Narrative.; Fiction; Narration (Rhetoric); Reality in literature.; Semiotics and literature.; Truth in literature.;
© 1989, c1990., Johns Hopkins University Press,
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Narrative, political unconscious, and racial violence in Wilmington, North Carolina / by Hossfeld, Leslie H.,1961-(CARDINAL)271794;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-191) and index.Introduction -- Theoretical context -- Research questions, methodology, and analytical strategy -- "Men of the Cape Fear" -- A new narrative: 1998 centennial commemoration -- Contemporary narratives and political generations -- Do narratives matter?
Subjects: Case studies.; Interviews.; Riots; Riots; African Americans; African Americans; White people; Subconsciousness; Narration (Rhetoric); Discourse analysis, Narrative;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 3
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Narrative, political unconscious, and racial violence in Wilmington, North Carolina / by Hossfeld, Leslie H.,1961-(CARDINAL)271794;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-191) and index.Introduction -- Theoretical context -- Research questions, methodology, and analytical strategy -- Men of the Cape Fear -- A new narrative -- Contemporary narratives and political generations -- Do narratives matter?
Subjects: Interviews.; Case studies.; Riots; Riots; African Americans; African Americans; White people; Subconsciousness; Narration (Rhetoric); Discourse analysis; North Caroliniana.;
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The language of gaming / by Ensslin, Astrid.(CARDINAL)801189;
Machine generated contents note: -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Approaches to Discourse Analysis -- Games and Language -- Videogame Genres, Macrostructures and Textuality -- Words and Meanings -- The Linguistic Pragmatics of Gameplay -- Metaludic Discourses -- Gaming and Multimodality -- The Narrative Language of Videogames -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index."The Language of Gaming examines the complex language of videogames and gaming from a discourse analytical perspective. Astrid Ensslin studies the discourses inscribed in videogames by their producers, as well as gamer and media meta-discourses, and focal areas include gamer slang, illocution, multimodality, and narrative structures"--
Subjects: Video games.; Video games; Visual literacy.;
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The art of the sale : learning from the masters about the business of life / by Broughton, Philip Delves.(CARDINAL)488553;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Loose robes -- The pitch -- The soul of a salesman -- I believe -- Leveling -- Art and commerce -- The zen of sales -- Hybrid vigor -- Epilogue : lemonade stand.An analysis of the role of persuasion in everyday life and the qualities of effective salespeople traces the author's international travels to learn the art and science of selling, discussing the importance of a good narrative and the role of sales as social discourse.
Subjects: Marketing.; Sales management.; Selling.;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5
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Sister in sorrow : life histories of female Holocaust survivors from Hungary / by Rosen, Ilana.(CARDINAL)680747; Bloom, Sandy,1955-(CARDINAL)488014;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-249) and indexes.Brainstorming about the life histories of women Holocaust survivors -- Mother-daughter discourse: a literary-psychoanalytical analysis of five life histories -- The Holocaust experience of its listeners and readers: a phenomenological-hermeneutic analysis of ten life histories -- A journey without a conclusion.
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Holocaust survivors; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Jewish women in the Holocaust;
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Negotiating a perilous empowerment : Appalachian women's literacies / by Locklear, Erica Abrams.(CARDINAL)504002;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 240-250) and index.Appalachia on our pages: situating Appalachian literacy and literary analysis -- Shaping biscuit dough and rolling out steel: responding to literacy commodification in The dollmaker -- Narrating socialization: Linda Scott Derosier's memoirs -- "Overcoming" backgrounds: competing discourses in The unquiet earth -- Invasion of the mountain teachers: literacy campaigns and conflicts in Lee Smith's work.
Subjects: American literature; Literacy in literature.; Women; Sex role in literature.; Women in literature.; Women.; Womyn.;
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