Document Type
Journal article
Source Publication
SubStance
Publication Date
1993
Volume
22
Issue
2/3
First Page
98
Last Page
112
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Abstract
People often ask each other “what happens” in a novel or film, and they are inclined to think that some answers are better than others. Some claims about what happens in a story are deemed inaccurate or false, while others are the object of a fairly widespread consensus. The fact that a statement about a narrative discourse is deemed accurate does not mean that it will or should be accepted as an adequate statement about the story told in the discourse. If someone asks me what just happened in a movie, even the most prefect description of the cuts and camera angles will be deemed irrelevant.
DOI
10.2307/3685273
Print ISSN
00492426
E-ISSN
15272095
Publisher Statement
Copyright © 1993 University of Wisconsin Press
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Full-text Version
Accepted Author Manuscript
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Livingston, P. (1993). What's the story? SubStance, 22(2/3), 98-112. doi: 10.2307/3685273