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Tables of Contents for Narrative Perspective and Irony in Selected Chinese and American Fiction
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
i
Acknowledgements
v
Introduction: Irony, Ideology, and Multi-Voiced Discourse
1
20
Reading for Irony in Classical Chinese Fiction
21
16
Irony and Social Criticism in Lu Xun's Fiction
37
12
Citation of Discourse and Ironic Debunking in Ah Cheng's Work
49
16
Rhetoric of the Absurd: The Grotesque in Yu Hua and Lu Xun
65
18
Fiction as Discursive Practice
83
14
Plot as a Structure of Meaning and Emotion: The Case of Emma
97
6
Narrative Point of View and the Creation of Mystery in Great Expectations
103
10
Narrative Stance and the Reader's Response
113
8
Self-Irony in First-Person Narrative
121
8
Dramatic Irony and Ideological Conflict
129
10
Representation of the Psyche and the Modern Novel
139
18
Notes
157
8
Bibliography
165
6
Index
171