"This, the first of Todorov's books to be translated into English (it was originally published in French in 1970), is brilliant.. Todorov's attempt to formulate a general theory for studying themes without subordinating literary theory to...
By definition, a palimpsest is ?a written document, usually on vellum or parchment, that has been written upon several times, often with remnants of erased writing still visible.? Palimpsests (originally published in France in 1982), one of GÃ&curr...
In âParatexts, â an English translation of âSeuils, â Gerard Genette shows how the special pragmatic status of paratextual declarations requires a carefully calibrated analysis of...
Paratexts are those liminal devices and conventions, both within and outside the book, that mediate between book, author and reader: titles, forewords and publishers' jacket copy form part of a book's private and public history. In this first English...
In Narrative Discourse Revisited Genette both answers critics of the earlier work and provides a better-defined, richer, and more systematic view of narrative form and functioning. This book not only clarifies some of the more complex issues in the study...
Gerard Genette, a critic of international stature, here builds a systematic theory of narrative upon an analysis of the writings of Marcel Proust, particularly Remembrance of Things Past. Adopting what is essentially a structuralist approach, the author...