Engagements with Narrative

Balancing key foundational topics with new developments and trends, Engagements with Narrative offers an accessible introduction to narratology. Utell teaches the key concepts of narrative-time, space, character, perspective, setting-while facilitating conversations among different approaches and media, and opening paths to new inquiry. This book is ideal for readers needing an introduction to the field, and is unique in encouraging students to engage with narrative theory and practice through suggested research questions and prompts, interviews with scholars, and other tools designed to spark further reading and research.