This handbook in English provides a systematic overview of the present state of international research in narratology. Detailed individual studies by internationally renowned narratologists elucidate 34 central terms. The articles present original research contributions and are all structured in a similar manner. Each contains a concise definition and a detailed explanation of the term in question. In a main section they present a critical account of the major research positions and their historical development and indicate directions for future research; they conclude with selected bibliographical references.

"This handbook in English provides a systematic overview of the present state of international research in narratology. Detailed individual studies by internationally renowned narratologists elucidate 34 central terms. The articles present original research contributions and are all structured in a similar manner. Each contains a concise definition and a detailed explanation of the term in question. In a main section they present a critical account of the major research positions and their historical development and indicate directions for future research; they conclude with selected bibliographical references."

Raphael Baroni: tellability; Ute Berns: performitiy; Didier Coste: narrative levels; Catherine Emmott / Marc Alexander: schemata; Monika Fludernik: conversational narration, oral narration. mediacy; David Herman: cognitive narratology; Peter Huhn: event and eventfulness; Peter Huhn / Roy Sommer: narration in other literary genres; Fotis Jannidis: character; Hans Krah: film narration; Amia Lieblich: identity and narration; Uri Margolin: narrator; Brian McHale: speech representation; Matias Martinez: author, coherence; Jan Christoph Meister: narratology; Norbert Meuter: narration in various disciplines; Birgit Neumann / Ansgar Nunning: metanarration and metafictionality; John Pier: metalepsis; Gerald Prince: reader; Marie-Laure Ryan: narration in other media, space; Jean-Marie Schaeffer: fictional vs factual narration; Michael Scheffel: narrative constitution; Wolf Schmid: free indirect discourse, implied author; David Shepherd: dialogism; Meir Sternberg: narrativity; Carola Surkamp / Marion Gymnich: perspective; Michael Titzmann: sequentiality, time; Waleri Tjupa: heteroglossia; Werner Wolf: illusion.