{"product_id":"contemporary-feminist-fiction-and-a-case-for-expanding-rhetorical-narratology-9780814215999","title":"Contemporary Feminist Fiction and a Case for Expanding Rhetorical Narratology","description":"In \u003ci\u003eContemporary Feminist Fiction and a Case for Expanding Rhetorical Narratology, \u003c\/i\u003e Katherine J. Weese explores intersections among rhetorical, unnatural, and feminist narrative theories and post-postmodern theory to argue that an expanded rhetorical poetics offers the most comprehensive model for illuminating recent works that employ unnatural devices for feminist purposes. This pluralist narratological framework is a vital counterpoint to theorists' tendency to read twentieth- and twenty-first-century novels through a post-postmodernist or metamodernist lens that overlooks unnatural, feminist, and rhetorical narrative theories. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Examining Ali Smith's \u003ci\u003eThe Accidental\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHotel World, \u003c\/i\u003e Barbara Kingsolver's \u003ci\u003eThe Poisonwood Bible, \u003c\/i\u003e Toni Morrison's \u003ci\u003eBeloved, \u003c\/i\u003e Kate Atkinson's \u003ci\u003eA God in Ruins\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLife After Life, \u003c\/i\u003e and Ruth Ozeki's \u003ci\u003eA Tale for the Time Being, \u003c\/i\u003e Weese demonstrates how various narratological theories inform rather than compete with one another. Through an expanded rhetorical poetics, including a refined version of James Phelan's MTS (mimetic, thematic, synthetic) model, she reframes post-postmodern theorists' concerns with communicative function through a narratological lens to make the case that exploring the rhetorical function of unnatural devices challenges and extends the claims of narrow metamodern readings.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKatherine J. Weese is Venable Professor of English at Hampden-Sydney College. Her research has appeared in \u003ci\u003eStoryworlds, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eJournal of Narrative Theory, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eModern Fiction Studies, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eNarrative, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJournal of the Fantastic in the Arts.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ohio State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51807262310674,"sku":"9780814215999","price":98.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0fc03e09-581e-4df0-b747-787902e532a5.jpg?v=1766048539","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/contemporary-feminist-fiction-and-a-case-for-expanding-rhetorical-narratology-9780814215999","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}