«Что же она такое, ваша нарратология?» Разговор с проф. Валерием Тюпой
“What is it, your narratology?” Interview with Valery Tyupa

Summary/Abstract: Valery Igorevich Tyupa (born in 1945) — one of the most outstanding Russian literary theorists and the most important narrative theorists in the world, author of over three hundred and ninety scientific publications in the field of literary theory, communication theory and discourse analysis, comparative studies, narratology, aesthetics, rhetoric, professor at the Russian State University of Humanities in Moscow (RGGU). In Tyupa’s scientific interests, two main problem areas are clearly outlined. The first concerns the aesthetics of literature, the second — narratology. The interview with the researcher was devoted to the latter. Tyupa explains what contemporary narratology is and why it is needed; he talks, among others, about the relationships between narratology and rhetoric, about the prospects for the development of comparative narratology, and about the project of creating historical narratology.

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