Unnatural Narratology and Contemporary Narrative Poetics: An Interview with Professor Brian Richardson
Brian Richardson, Shang Biwu
University of Maryland; School of Foreign Languages, Zhejiang Gongshang University (Hangzhou, 310018, China)
Online:2012-09-25
Published:2012-10-08
About author:Brian Richardson is a professor of English at University of Maryland and the president of International Society for the Study of Narrative. He is a leading scholar in the fields of narrative theory, poetics of drama and twentieth century literature, and his most recent book is Narrative Theory: Core Concepts and Critical Debates (co-authored with David Herman, James Phelan, Peter J. Rabinowits and Robyn Warhol, 2012).
Shang Biwu, Ph.D., is an associate professor of English at School of Foreign Languages, Zhejiang Gongshang University (Hangzhou, 310018, China) and a postdoctoral research fellow at Central China Normal University. His research interests cover narrative theory, English and American Literature.
Brian Richardson, Shang Biwu. Unnatural Narratology and Contemporary Narrative Poetics: An Interview with Professor Brian Richardson[J]. Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art, 2012, 32(5): 110-114.
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