Article published In: Narrative – State of the Art
Edited by Michael Bamberg
[Narrative Inquiry 16:1] 2006
► pp. 156–163
Frankie, Johnny, Oprah and Me
The limits of narrative
Published online: 29 August 2006
https://doi.org/10.1075/ni.16.1.20sar
https://doi.org/10.1075/ni.16.1.20sar
Narrative is one of many strategies for making texts or coming to understand the world. This paper attempts to restore narrative to that status: as one mode of writing or telling among others. The main example developed is the contrast between blues ballads such as “Frankie and Johnny,” which tell a story, and traditional or modular blues songs, which do not.
Keywords: Narrative, Blues, Frankie and Johnny, Son House
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