Title: Narrative Ideology - Not for Beginners
Product review: As the title suggests Genette revisits his narrative theory expounded in his earlier work "Narrative Discourse". This book focuses on criticism directed at Genette's earlier work. Genette does not elaborate on his narrative theory. Readers will need to be familiar with terms such as paralepsis, prolepsis, analepsis, syllepsis and achronies. For university students studying narrative ideology. Genette's earlier work is recommended before endeavouring to read what is essentially an extended "afterword".Genette does not critically analyse any authors in detail and tends to focus on French, rather than English or American authors.Students wanting to read a more basic overview of narrative ideology should look at Jeremy Tamblings "Narrative Ideology". Tambling covers Genette in a more 'user friendly' manner and provides helpful illustrations on the mechanisms of narrative ideology.
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