Genette
Genette as a surname is associated with Gérard Genette, the French literary theorist whose work on narrative structure became foundational in narratology.
His concepts—analepsis, prolepsis, focalization—appear throughout academic literary criticism: We're reading Genette's "Narrative Discourse" this semester. (Lowercase genette is a small carnivore.)
narratologist
Of or from Paris's nation
- structuralismAnalysis through underlying systems
- poeticsTheory of verse composition
- criticOne who judges merit
- scholarLearned, studious person
works
Analyzing and evaluating fiction
- semioticsStudy of signs, symbols
- intertextualityConnections between written works
French
Of or from Paris's nation
- structuralismAnalysis through underlying systems
- poeticsTheory of verse composition
- criticOne who judges merit
focalization
Narrative point of view
literary criticism
Analyzing and evaluating fiction
- semioticsStudy of signs, symbols
- intertextualityConnections between written works
- French TheoryDerrida, Foucault, structuralism, poststructuralism, deconstruction
- StructuralistsLevi-Strauss