The Politics and Poetics of Journalistic Narrative - Couverture rigide

Frus, Phyllis

 
9780521443241: The Politics and Poetics of Journalistic Narrative
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0521443245 ISBN 13 : 9780521443241
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1994

Synopsis

The Politics and Poetics of Journalistic Narrative investigates the textuality of all discourse, arguing that the ideologically charged distinction between 'journalism' and 'fiction' is socially constructed rather than natural. Phyllis Frus separates literariness from aesthetic definitions, regarding it as a way of reading a text through its style to discover how it 'makes' reality. Frus examines narratives by Stephen Crane and Ernest Hemingway, showing that conventional understanding of the categories of fiction and non-fiction frequently determines the differences we perceive in texts. When journalists writing about historical events adopt the Hemingway-esque, understated narrative style that is commonly associated with both 'objectivity' and 'literature', it leads to an audience unable to face the historical and social conditions in which it must function. She interprets New Journalistic narratives, such as that of Truman Capote, as ways to counter the reification of modern consciousness to which both objective journalism and aestheticised fiction contribute.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The Politics and Poetics of Journalistic Narrative investigates the textuality of all discourse, arguing that the ideologically charged distinction between 'journalism' and 'fiction' is socially constructed rather than natural. Phyllis Frus separates literariness from aesthetic definitions, regarding it as a way of reading a text through its style to discover how it 'makes' reality. Frus examines narratives by Stephen Crane and Ernest Hemingway, showing that conventional understanding of the categories of fiction and non-fiction frequently determines the differences we perceive in texts. When journalists writing about historical events adopt the Hemingway-esque, understated narrative style that is commonly associated with both 'objectivity' and 'literature', it leads to an audience unable to face the historical and social conditions in which it must function. She interprets New Journalistic narratives, such as that of Truman Capote, as ways to counter the reification of modern consciousness to which both objective journalism and aestheticised fiction contribute.

Revue de presse

"Anyone concerned with the media--print, film, television, or others--should welcome Frus's serious inquiry into liminal areas of representation." David Halliburton, American Literature

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
1994
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521443245
ISBN 13 
9780521443241
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
320
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2009
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