Multiple Narratives, Versions and Truth in the Contemporary Novel

• Main Author: Frangipane, Nicholas (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Literature, Modern-20th century.; Literature, Modern-21st century.; America-Literatures.; Literature-Philosophy.; Postmodernism (Literature).; United States-Study and teaching.; Contemporary Literature.; North American Literature.; Literary Theory.; Postmodern Literature.; American Culture.

Multiple Narratives, Versions and Truth in the Contemporary Novel considers the shifting perception of truth in fiction. Nicholas Frangipane examines the narrative technique of telling multiple versions of the same sets of events, presenting both true and false versions of the events within a fictio...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Shifting Attitudes Towards the Verisimilitude of Narrative in Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Literature
• 3. The Quality of Qualia: Truth and Ethics in Reflexive Double Narratives
• 4. Joyful Solipsism: Implied Multiple Narratives in the Contemporary Novel
• 5. Double Memories: Multiple Versions of Memories as a Way to Understand Characters and Ourselves
• 6. Conclusion: A Dark Turn and Other Manifestations. .