Dawson, Paul edt Dawson, Paul oth Mäkelä, Maria edt Mäkelä, Maria oth text xx Taylor & Francis 2023 monographic eng 1 online resource The Routledge Companion to Narrative Theory brings together top scholars in the field to explore the significance of narrative to pressing social, cultural, and theoretical issues. How does narrative both inform and limit the way we think today? From conspiracy theories and social media movements to racial politics and climate change future scenarios, the reach is broad. This volume is distinctive for addressing the complicated relations between the interdisciplinary narrative turn in the academy and the contemporary boom of instrumental storytelling in the public sphere. The scholars collected here explore new theories of causality, experientiality, and fictionality; challenge normative modes of storytelling; and offer polemical accounts of narrative fiction, nonfiction, and video games. Drawing upon the latest research in areas from cognitive sciences to complexity theory, the volume provides an accessible entry point for those new to the myriad applications of narrative theory and a point of departure for new scholarship. Free-to-read Unrestricted online access star All rights reserved http://oapen.org/content/about-rights English Narrative Theory, Literary Criticism thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism 9780367569730 9780367569747 9781003100157 9781003100157 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/97594 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/97594 Free-to-read All rights reserved oapen 230303 20260305123950.0 doab97594