Between Narrative and Non-narrativeMake Up of the News Story
ISSN: 0211-5913
Year of publication: 2004
Issue: 49
Pages: 135-156
Type: Article
More publications in: Revista Canaria de Estudios Ingleses
Abstract
This paper analyses the generic pattern of news stories in the press adopting a fundamental distinction between narrative and non-narrative discourse. Providing several examples of news writing about the War on Iraq published in a short span of time, the article examines the organization of hard news in two British national newspapers, the quality newspaper The Times and the popular The Sun. In order to differentiate stories in the quality and popular press, special emphasis is laid on popular news reports dominated by storytelling tendencies which show affinity with narratives of personal experience