"This book is so much more than a companion to Mieke Bal's paradigm-changing Narratology . With lucidity, patience, and enormous pedagogical skill, it provides the tools necessary to understand what narrative is and what it does within and outside the literary." --Marianne Hirsch, Columbia University "Narratology in Practicesupplements Mieke Bal's popular book Narratology with a wide range of practical analyses to demonstrate the value of narratological methods and concepts for cultural analysis. Drawing on a wealth of personal experience as filmmaker and art critic, Bal explores the interdisciplinary character of narrative analysis in various media and its concrete contributions to thinking about politics and society." --Jonathan Culler, Cornell University, and author of Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction "A useful, engaging mosaic of concepts and practices, full of suggestions and absolutely contemporary, Narratology in Practice represents a further step in the already outstanding brilliance of Bal's theoretical proposals." --Miguel Ángel Hernández, University of Murcia.