List of Figures xxv
Preface xxvii
Introduction 3
1 Text: Signs 24
1 Preliminary Remarks 24
2 The Narrator 28
3 Non-narrative Comments, Narrative Arguments 54
4 Description 56
5 Levels of Narration 63
Remarks and Sources 70
2 Transition: Between Text and Society 74
1 Preliminary Remarks 74
2 Frame Narrative's Invisible Frame 76
3 Con-fusing Meanings 82
4 Between Narrative and Theatre 86
5 Con-fusing Media 91
3 Story: Aspects 99
1 Preliminary Remarks 99
2 Temporality 100
3 Characters 125
4 Space 131
5 Focalization 138
4 Transition: Media in Dialogue 145
1 Preliminary Remarks 145
2 Novel and Film, a Two-Way Street 146
3 Making and Thinking Images in Text 153
4 Image Making and Thinking in Images 156
5 Merging Everything 160
Remarks and Sources 164
5 Fabula: Elements 167
1 Preliminary Remarks 167
2 Events 168
3 Actors 176
4 Time 184
5 Location 189
No Conclusion 192
Remarks and Sources 195
References 197
Index of Names and Titles 207
Index of Terms and Concepts 213
