Koschorke, Albrecht: Fact and Fiction

"Narrative" has become both a core term and a buzzword in many areas of human activity. It has spread to fields as different as the history of science, law, the social sciences, business, and politics. This book provides the reader with an encompassing model, from a literary historian's perspective, of how narratives function and how they travel in time and space, build communities, shape cultural dynamics, and merge with social institutions.