安德烈·布林克（André Brink, 1935-2015）是著名的南非小说家、翻译家、文学理论家、种族隔离制度坚定的反对者、南非开普敦大学英语文学教授、美国普林斯顿大学客座教授。 创作的小说作品有：《风中一瞬》《干燥的白季节》《余音袅袅》《南辕北辙》《沙漠随想》等，这些作品已被翻译成三十多种文字。

安德烈·布林克（André Brink, 1935-2015）是著名的南非小说家、翻译家、文学理论家、种族隔离制度坚定的反对者、南非开普敦大学英语文学教授、美国普林斯顿大学客座教授。 创作的小说作品有：《风中一瞬》《干燥的白季节》《余音袅袅》《南辕北辙》《沙漠随想》等，这些作品已被翻译成三十多种文字。

"The novel, Brink argues, is not about representation but the self-conscious play of language. From its inception, he suggests, the genre has been about the act of writing and self-reflection. This thesis is not new but is part of the currency of postmodern literary theory. Brink, himself a noted South African novelist, the author of some 12 books, including "A Dry White Season...(展开全部)

Hayden White probes the notion of authority in art and literature and examines the problems of meaning - its production, distribution, and consumption - in different historical epochs. In the end, he suggests, the only meaning that history can have is the kind that a narrative imagination gives to it. The secret of the process by which consciousness invests history with meaning...(展开全部)

A brilliantly inventive novel about loss, growing up, and our relationship with things One year after the death of his beloved musician father, thirteen-year-old Benny Oh begins to hear voices. The voices belong to the things in his house—a sneaker, a broken Christmas ornament, a piece of wilted lettuce. Although Benny doesn't understand what these things are saying, he can sen...(展开全部)

The German philosopher's examination of the development, nature, and importance of language.

What is narrative? How does it work and how does it shape our lives and the texts we read? H. Porter Abbott emphasizes that narrative is found not just in literature, film, and theater, but everywhere in the ordinary course of people's lives. This widely used introduction, now thoroughly revised, is informed throughout by recent developments in the field and includes two new ch...(展开全部)

The Cambridge Companion to Narrative provides a unique and valuable overview of current approaches to narrative study. Featuring a chapter reviewing definitions of narrative, a glossary and a comprehensive index, this is an essential resource for both students and scholars of literature, literary theory and writing.