Why is the LHN called a living handbook?
The living handbook of narratology (LHN) is based on the Handbook of Narratology, first published by Walter de Gruyter in 2009. As an open access publication, it makes available all of the 32 articles contained in the original print version—and more: the LHN offers the additional functionality of electronic publishing including full text search facility, one-click-export of reference data and digital humanities tools for text analysis.
The LHN continuously expands its original content base by adding new articles on concepts and theories fundamental to narratology and to the study of narrative in general. The LHN is published in a WiKi system and offers narratologists registered to do so the opportunity to comment on existing articles, suggest additions or corrections and submit new articles to the editors.
What's new
January 27, 2013
Two new articles available on the LHN:
Wolf Schmid: Implied Reader
Wolf Schmid: Non-temporal Linking in Narration
January 26, 2013
A revised version of Wolf Schmid: Implied Author is now available on the LHN
January 21, 2012
Two new articles available on the LHN:
Wolf Schmid: Narratee
Wolf Schmid: Poetic or Ornamental Prose
January 16, 2013
New article available on the LHN:
Wolf Schmid: Skaz
November 25, 2012
New article available on the LHN:
Richard Walsh: Dreaming and Narration
October 24, 2012
Burkhard Niederhoff: Reply to Klauk & Köppe's comment on his article on focalization; cf. Focalization --> Discussion http://hup.sub.uni-hamburg.de/lhn/index.php/Talk:Focalization
October 17, 2012
New article available on the LHN:
Stephen Halliwell: Diegesis - Mimesis
October 15, 2012
New article available on the LHN:
Marcus Hartner: Multiperspectivity
September 15, 2012
New article available on the LHN:
Pablo Gervás: Story Generator Algorithms
May 6, 2012
New article available on the LHN:
Uri Margolin: Simultaneity in Narrative
April 17, 2012
Manfred Jahn has posted a commentary on Klauk and Köppe's comment on "Focalization" entry; cf. Focalization --> Discussion
April 15, 2012
New article available on the LHN:
Inderjeet Mani: Computational Narratology
January 13, 2012
New articles available on the LHN:
Suzanne Keen: Narrative Empathy
Marie-Laure Ryan: Possible Worlds
New address
Since May 1, 2013, the living handbook of narratology (LHN) appears as a CMS-based version under the new address:
http://www.lhn.uni-hamburg.de
The former wiki version remains preserved under the date April, 30, 2013. It is now archived as a static version [February, 05, 2019].