Story Logic: Problems and Possibilities of Narrative (Frontiers of Narrative)

Featuring a major synthesis and critique of interdisciplinary narrative theory Story Logic marks a watershed moment in the study of narrative. David Herman argues that narrative is simultaneously a cognitive style a discourse genre and a resource for writing. Because stories are strategies that help humans make sense of their world narratives not only have a logic but also are a logic in their own right providing an irreplaceable resource for structuring and comprehending experience. Story Logic...See More