<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The main concern of a skilled storyteller is not to report a sequence of events, but to tell a ‘tellable’ story and to ward off the question ‘so what?’ coming from the listener. However, what happens when the story has little to recommend it as ‘tellable’? This is the case of Tristram Shandy who uses sexuality as elaborate rhetorical strategy to constantly tease and arouse his narratees’ imagination.</p></abstract>

The main concern of a skilled storyteller is not to report a sequence of events, but to tell a ‘tellable’ story and to ward off the question ‘so what?’ coming from the listener. However, what happens when the story has little to recommend it as ‘tellable’? This is the case of Tristram Shandy who uses sexuality as elaborate rhetorical strategy to constantly tease and arouse his narratees’ imagination.

Tristram Shandy – The Playful Art of Seduction

Romanian Journal of English Studies

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The main concern of a skilled storyteller is not to report a sequence of events, but to tell a ‘tellable’ story and to ward off the question ‘so what?’ coming...

Tristram Shandy – The Playful Art of Seduction

Online veröffentlicht: 22. Feb. 2013

Seitenbereich: 199 - 207

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rjes-2013-0018

Schlüsselwörter
tellability, sexuality, rhetoric, anticipatory constituents

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Tristram Shandy – The Playful Art of Seduction

Online veröffentlicht: 22. Feb. 2013

Seitenbereich: 199 - 207

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rjes-2013-0018

Schlüsselwörtertellability, sexuality, rhetoric, anticipatory constituents

This content is open access.

Schlüsselwörter
tellability, sexuality, rhetoric, anticipatory constituents