Abstract:

The paper proposes a rethinking of the contemporary narratological apparatus and the integration of Gérard Genette’s concept of the paratext in modern narratological practice. Considering the contextuality of the postclassical narratology and its tendency to explicate narratives through an interdisciplinary framework, the paratexts proposed by Genette could be understood in the same sense. The paper tries to overcome the shortcomings of the structuralist understanding of narrative, and to properly situate the paratext in terms of analysis and interpretation of narrative, within and beyond it. It also aims to analyse some paratexts, suggested by Genette in his study, and provide guidelines for further analysis of similar features in the literary texts.

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