Style in Fiction … Today

The papers in this collection explore the posterity and current relevance of a variety of critical concepts present in Style in Fiction: end focus and iconicity (Hamilton), mind style (Pillière, Mallier), speech and thought presentation (Short). They reflect on the modalities of reader involvement and/or empathy with the characters, in prose (Jobert, Jobert-Martini) and poetry (Jeffries), or on the role devoted to the narratee (Gay). The link between style and fiction formats (the novel, the ..