The Narrative Turn in Fiction and Theory explores the philosophical and historical underpinnings of the postwar crisis and return of storytelling and shows their relevance for the ongoing debate on the significance of narrative for human existence.

1. Introduction PART I 2. Textual Labyrinths: Robbe-Grillet's Antinarrative Formalism 3. The Epistemology and Ontology of Antinarrativism 4. Ethics of Antinarrativity in the Post-War Context PART II 5. Re-Engagement with the World: Towards an Aesthetics of Dialogical Intertextuality 6. Narrative Hermeneutics and Dialogical Subjectivity 7. Ethics of Storytelling: History, Power, Otherness 8. Conclusion Bibliography Index

Hanna Meretoja is Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Tampere, Finland, Adjunct Professor and Research Fellow at the University of Turku, Finland, Visiting Professor at the American University of Paris, France, (2013-14) and leads the research project The Ethics of Storytelling and the Experience of History in Contemporary Arts (Emil Aaltonen Foundation, Finland, 2013-15). She has co-edited several books and published articles on forums such as New Literary History.