Shaping Time in Fictional Narratives: Time and Narrative. Volume 2

Author: Paul Ricoeur / Wang Wenrong
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Publish Date: 2003-04-01
Features: Time and Narrative is a three-volume set (1983–1985), another major work by Paul Ricoeur exploring the phenomenon of semantic innovation, following The Living Word (1975). This book is the third part (second volume) of Time and Narrative, titled The Shaping of Time in Fictional Narrative. It corresponds to the second part, The Shaping of Time in Historical Narrative, aiming to expand, deepen, enrich, and open up Aristotle's concept of plot arrangement. Within the scope of Mimesis II, it examines the characteristics and means of time shaping in fictional narrative (here specifically referring to literary works).