Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Chapter One. Toward a Theory of Narrative Discourse -- Chapter Two. Act: Plot -- Chapter Three. Act: Characterization -- Chapter Four. Act: Narration -- Chapter Five. Agents: Author and Reader -- Chapter Six. Agency: Visual-Verbal Narrative -- Chapter Seven. Agency: Oral Performance -- Chapter Eight. Agency: Film -- Chapter Nine. Scene: Home and Community -- Chapter Ten. Scene: Classroom -- Chapter Eleven. Purpose: The Ends of the Narrative -- Chapter Twelve. The Pentad and a Narrative Event -- Chapter Thirteen. Conclusions -- References -- Index