Talk:Gérard Genette

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Reverting my edit has put the format back to an earlier, non-standard form. It has made it harder to read, by reducing it to one paragraph. If you don't like the wording changes, please discuss them here. But my edits do not do nothing.

Charles Matthews 16:59, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Isn't Seuils picture seemingly big? I don't think it the primary work of Genette. (Rather Palimpsestes or Mimologique for me) Consider Wikilink to French Narratology, of which he is representative (at least outside America). And name of Proust. If you say Narrative Theories instead of Narratology, nuance is diferent, but as in Narratology Genette's name is in first place. Interestingly, I have found a word hypertexte in Palimpseste which had been published a few years before Tim Berners-Lee's proposal. It's trivial but worth noting in Wikipedia.

And...

What makes him important is that (1) he inherits great deal from Western Poetics or Literature Making Theories (compared to Barthes), (2) he cares for computability, i.e. structures in cognitive way (compared to Rocœur).

--NoirNoir 08:57, 16 May 2005 (UTC)

I have added some info on important concepts from Narrative Discourse. I believe this to be important given the dire situation in which the main narratology article lies. It would be good if someone knowledgeable about his other works added info on other important concepts. For their own sake, and to balance out this emphasis on Narrative Discourse.

MC.Pearce 00:43, 2 November 2006 (UTC)