Contents Preface: Studying Narrative Form Major Approaches to and Theorists of Narrative Shapes of Narrative: A Whole of Parts Narrative Situation: Who's Who and What's its Function People on Paper: Character, Characterization, and Represented Minds Plot and Causation: Related Events Timing: How Long and How Often? Order and Disorder Levels: Realms of Existence Fictional Worlds and Fictionality Disguises: Fiction in the Form of Non-Fiction Texts Genres and Conventions Appendix A. Terms Listed by Chapter Appendix B. Representative Texts: A List of Suggested Reading Bibliography Index