Event 2009 Miekebal
Event 2009 Miekebal
Event 2009 Miekebal
present
Mieke Bal
Academy Professor, the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
A Master Class in
Narratology
Thursday, March 19, 2009
2:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m.
NARRATOLOGY
Introduction to the
Theory of Narrative
THIRD EDITION
MIEKE BAL
Moderated by
Alice Maurice, English (Cinema & Narrative), UTSC
Since its first publication in English in 1985, Mieke Bals Narratology has become the
international classic and comprehensive introduction to the theory of narrative texts.
Narratology is a systematic account of narrative techniques, methods, their transmission,
and reception, in which Bal distills years of study of the ways in which we understand
both literary and non-literary works.
In this third edition, Bal updates the book to include more analysis of film narratives
while also sharpening and tightening her language to make it the most readable and
student-friendly edition to date. Bal also introduces new sections that treat and clarify
several modernist texts that pose narratological challenges. With changes prompted by
ten years of feedback from scholars and teachers, Narratology remains the most
important contribution to the study of the way narratives work, are formed, and are
received.