Erzählstruktur und Texttheorie

Erzählstruktur und Texttheorie was published in 1979 by Georg Olms Verlag as part of their academic series on linguistics and literary studies. The work emerged during a period of intense development in German narrative theory, reflecting the influence of structuralist and semiotic approaches that sought to formalize the analysis of literary texts. Hannelotte Dorner-Bachmann aimed to provide a rigorous framework for understanding how narrative architecture interacts with broader text-theoretical constructs, serving as a contribution to the scholarly discourse surrounding textual cohesion and narrative logic prevalent in late 1970s continental academia.

The book is characteristic of Olms' commitment to distributing specialized monographs in philology and humanities. While the volume was primarily intended for an audience of researchers and graduate students within the field of German studies, its design remains consistent with the utilitarian, scholarly aesthetic of the publisher during that era. It was received as a methodical, albeit highly technical, inquiry into the mechanics of storytelling, functioning largely as a niche resource for those engaged in the structural analysis of prose literature.