narratologist
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- noun
- /ˌnærəˈtɑlədʒɪst/
- Literature
- A narratologist analyzes how different elements of a story contribute to its overall meaning.
- German narratologists
- generation of narratologists
- first-generation narratologists
Examples
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Both narratologists and stylisticians are concerned with characterization, but the focus of attention is very different.
Academic text (2005) -
Narratologists have found, however, that repetition in prose does occur and have sought an explanation for this.
Academic text (2005) -
'Are there limits,' asked the narratologist, 'to what I may wish for?'
Fiction book (1994) -
The other was to begin with the first generation of narratologists proper, that is, around 1970.
Academic text (2004) -
The best narratologists work by telling and retelling tales.
Fiction book (1994) -
Both areas concern variation in narrative distance, hence attracting attention from narratologists.
Academic text (2005) -
Paradoxically, she argued, contemporary narratologists tend to minimize the role of language even as they draw extensively upon models from linguistics.
Academic text (1992) -
While currently active German narratologists read English and try to keep abreast of English-language publications, the reverse is not true.
Academic text (2004) -
Stanzel, like Seymour Chatman, is a narratologist who concentrates on the discourse level of narrative.
Academic text (2004) -
Narratologists have traditionally resisted the poststructuralist temptations of such metaphorical exuberance.
Academic text (2003)
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word narratologist comes from narrate ('to tell') and the ending -ologist ('a person who studies'), the same ending you see in biologist or psychologist. So a narratologist studies how stories are told and how they affect people.