James Phelan is an American writer and literary scholar of narratology. He is a third-generation Neo-Aristotelian literary critic of the Chicago School whose work builds on and refines the work of Wayne C. Booth with a focus on the rhetorical aspects of narrative. He is Distinguished University Professor of English at the Ohio State University. .. more

James Phelan is an American writer and literary scholar of narratology. He is a third-generation Neo-Aristotelian literary critic of the Chicago School whose work builds on and refines the work of Wayne C. Booth with a focus on the rhetorical aspects of narrative. He is Distinguished University Professor of English at the Ohio State University.