Narrative Means to Journalistic Ends

1. Front Matter

   Pages 1-14

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2. Introduction

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   Pages 15-19

3. Theoretical Framework

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   Pages 21-57

4. Empirical Analysis

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   Pages 59-101

5. Discussion and Outlook

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   Pages 103-119

6. Back Matter

   Pages 121-158

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Nora Berning grasps the narrative potential of journalistic reportages via a set of narratological categories. Spurred by an interdisciplinary framework, she builds on transgeneric narratological research and shows that journalistic reportages can be described, analyzed, and charted with categories that originate in structuralist narratology. The author spells out minimal criteria for particular types of reportages, and challenges the argument that journalism and literature have distinct, non-overlapping communicative goals. By showing that the reportage is a hybrid text type that seeks to inform, educate, and entertain, this study advances a re-conceptualization of journalism and literature as two fields with permeable borders.

The book is written for researchers and students in the fields of journalism, media, communications, and literary theory.

• Journalism Awards
• Narrative Journalism
• Narrative Theory
• Narratology
• Typological Circle

Nora Berning is a researcher at the University of Western Ontario in London, Canada, where she has specialized in the field of media cultures, with a special emphasis on narrativity in journalism.

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