Akhyantatver Akhyan

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This narrative of narrative theory divided into three parts (pre-classical, classical and post-classical) is not merely a chronological account. There is an effort to investigate and analyze a complex and problematic theory in the process of the construction of a narrative. There is, in that sense, no such definite closure. This narrative has two probable directions – one which goes back to its linguistic roots, the other moving forward to an uncertain future. The theoretical world which has emerged out of this search accommodates a continuity though a definite causal relation is absent here. Here there is an assembly of various intellectual traditions, theoretical movements and analytical paradigms. Along with it there is a detailed discussion on the narrative theories of different countries, periods and schools. As a result, the search has spread to numerous branches of narrative theory – from formalism to the study of history, from linguistics to social science and psychology. At the end of the book a brief list of relevant terms has been appended.

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