Description

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Combining narratological and stylistic methods, this book theorizes dual narrative dynamics comprised of plot development and covert progression, and demonstrates the consequences for the interpretation of literary works.

About the Author

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Dan Shen is Boya Chair Professor of English at Peking University, China. She is on the advisory boards of Narrative and Style, the editorial board of Language and Literature, and also a consultant editor of Routledge Encyclopedia of Narrative Theory. She has published seven books, including Style and Rhetoric of Short Narrative Fiction with Routledge.