This discussion of embodimen t sugg

This discussion of embodimen t suggests a very different approach to narration . At the outset of this chapter I noted that narratology has focused on the gap between authors and narrators as perhaps the most common way to understand the rhetorical work of a stor严 From such a perspective, readers must always question the authority of the narrator in order to recognize the genuine message and perspective within a narrative. In this chapter I have suggested something rather different by linking authority to the way in which narratives construct embodi­ ment. I have argued that narratives position readers by carefully manip­ ulating embodied and disembodied figures within the text. Two practical implications result if we accept chis argument.