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Preface; 1. Narrative and life: The universality of narrative; Narrativeand time; Narrative perception; 2. Defining narrative: The bare minimum;Story and narrative discourse; The mediation (construction) of story;Constituent and supplementary events; Narrativity; 3. The borders ofnarrative: Framing narratives; Paratexts; The outer limits of narrative; Isit narrative or is it life itself?; 4. The rhetoric of narrative: Causation;Normalization; Masterplots; Narrative rhetoric at work; 5. Closure: Conflict:the agon; Closure and endings; Closure, suspense, and surprise; Closure atthe level of expectations; Closure at the level of questions; Absence ofclosure; 6. Narration: a few words on interpretation: The narrator; Voice;Focalization; Distance; Reliability; Free indirect style; Narration on stageand screen; 7. Interpretation: The implied author; Underreading; Overreading;Gaps; Cruxes; Repetition: themes and motifs; 8. Three ways to interpretnarrative: The question of wholeness in narrative; Intentional readings;Symptomatic readings; Adaptive readings; 9. Adaptation across media:Adaptation as creative destruction; Duration and pace; Character; Figurativelanguage; Gaps; Focalization; Constraints of the marketplace; 10. Characterand self in narrative: Character vs. action; Flat and round characters; Cancharacters be real?; Types; Autobiography; Life writing as performative; 11.Narrative contestation: A contest of narratives; A narrative lattice-work;Shadow stories; Motivation and personality; Masterplots and types; Revisingcultural masterplots; Battling narratives are everywhere; 12. Narrativenegotiation; Critical reading as narrative negotiation; Closure one moretime; The end of closure?; Glossary; Index.