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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Annjeanette WiesePublisher: University of Nebraska Press Imprint: University of Nebraska Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.562kg ISBN: 9781496226792ISBN 10: 1496226798 Pages: 266 Publication Date: 01 October 2021 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsNarrative Truthiness provides a new window into thinking about the interactions between fact and fiction, and how we need one to understand the other, through a focus on texts that straddle the line between representative and fictional narrative. It is well researched and theoretically sophisticated. --Marjorie Worthington, author of The Story of Me Contemporary American Autofiction Beautifully written, Narrative Truthiness takes the reader on a trip through lies, hoaxes, satire, the search for origins, the fabrication of memories, the construction of the verisimilar, and--through all these narrative modes and themes--the quest for authenticity. Wiese makes a powerful plea in favor of a literary conception of truth that acknowledges the complexity of truth and does not limit it to the accurate presentation of facts, without, however, rejecting any kind of factuality. --Marie-Laure Ryan, coeditor of Possible Worlds Theory and Contemporary Narratology Beautifully written, Narrative Truthiness takes the reader on a trip through lies, hoaxes, satire, the search for origins, the fabrication of memories, the construction of the verisimilar, and-through all these narrative modes and themes-the quest for authenticity. Wiese makes a powerful plea in favor of a literary conception of truth that acknowledges the complexity of truth and does not limit it to the accurate presentation of facts, without, however, rejecting any kind of factuality. -Marie-Laure Ryan, coeditor of Possible Worlds Theory and Contemporary Narratology Narrative Truthiness provides a new window into thinking about the interactions between fact and fiction, and how we need one to understand the other, through a focus on texts that straddle the line between representative and fictional narrative. It is well researched and theoretically sophisticated. -Marjorie Worthington, author of The Story of Me : Contemporary American Autofiction Author InformationAnnjeanette Wiese is an instructor of humanities and is the director of undergraduate studies for the humanities program at the University of Colorado Boulder. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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