Plot

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A cornerstone entry in Methuen's celebrated The Critical Idiom series, Plot presents a rigorous and accessible examination of one of the most fundamental elements of narrative literature. Elizabeth Dipple argues that plot is far more than a sequence of events, illustrating how it functions as the structural backbone that gives shape, meaning, and momentum to storytelling across genres and traditions. With scholarly precision and a clear analytical voice, the text chronicles the development of plot theory from classical antiquity through to modern literary criticism, drawing on a wide range of texts and theorists. Compact yet comprehensive, it instructs students and readers alike in the critical vocabulary and conceptual frameworks needed to analyse narrative structure with confidence and depth.