Narrative Machinery
This chapter discusses narrative machinery, which is used in stories to make them work. The discussion looks at how this narrative machinery is configured, why it is deployed, and what it is intended to produce. The chapter also discusses the difference between narratives and stories, introduces the idea of ‘narrativity’, and presents jokes and illness narratives.
Keywords: narrative machinery, stories, illness, narratives, narrativity, jokes
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