Queer Theory - 34 views
Sterling, I really appreciate your point of view and am grateful you are challenging us to examine these texts. You are not being adversarial at all; please continue to challenge our thinking. Mary
Narrative
criticism is one of a number of modern forms of criticism based in
contemporary literary theory and practice - in this case, from narratology. In common with other
literary approaches (and in contrast to historical forms of criticism),
narrative criticism treats the text as a unit, and focusses on narrative
structure and composition, plot development, themes and motifs, characters and
characterisation.[14] Narrative
criticism is a complex field, but some central concerns include the reliability
of the narrator, the question of authorial intent (expressed in terms of the
context in which the text was written and its presumed intended audience), and
the implications of multiple interpretation (meaning an awareness that a
narrative is capable of more than one i
