TY - BOOK AU - Herman,David,ed AU - Jahn,Manfred,ed AU - Ryan,Marie-Laure,ed TI - Routledge encyclopedia of narrative theory SN - 0415282594 U1 - 808.003 PY - 2005/// CY - London PB - Routledge KW - Narration (Rhetoric) N2 - The past several decades have seen an explosion of interest in narrative, with this multifaceted object of inquiry becoming a central concern in a wide range of disciplinary fields and research contexts. As accounts of what happened to particular people in particular circumstances and with specific consequences, stories have come to be viewed as a basic human strategy for coming to terms with time, process, and change. However, the very predominance of narrative as a focus of interest across multiple disciplines makes it imperative for scholars, teachers, and students to have access to a comprehensive reference resource ER -