Narrative /
Paul Cobley.
- 2nd edition.
- 320 pages ; 20 cm.
- The new critical idiom .
- New critical idiom. .
Previous edition: 2001.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Human beings have constantly told stories, presented events and placed the world into narrative form. This activity suggests a very basic way of looking at the world, yet, this book argues, even the most seemingly simple of stories is embedded in a complex network of relations. Paul Cobley traces these relations, considering the ways in which humans have employed narrative over the centuries to 're-present' time, space and identity.