The essays included in this collection seek to take the pulse of recent developments in narratological research in the French-speaking countries.
It was not until the turn of the century that a new interest in narratological.
While US, German, and Scandinavian theorists took the forefront in the 1990s, Narratology in France faded into the background.
Theorists in these countries heavily participated in and shaped narratology, an outgrowth of the structuralist movement during the 1960s and 1970s.
The essays included in this collection seek to take the pulse of recent developments in narratological research in the French-speaking countries