Possible worlds theory and contemporary narratology /
An update to possible worlds theory and postclassical narratology, 'Possible Worlds Theory and Contemporary Narratology' offers advancements to this theoretical framework and a range of contemporary applications to literary narratives.
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| Language: | English |
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Lincoln :
University of Nebraska Press,
[2019]
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| Series: | Frontiers of narrative.
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Table of Contents:
- Possible worlds theory revisited / Marie-Laure Ryan and Alice Bell
- Porfyry's tree for the concept of fictional world / LubomÃr Dole'el
- From possible worlds to storyworlds: on the worldness of narrative representation / Marie-Laure Ryan
- Interface ontologies: on the possible, virtual, and hypothetical in fiction / Marina Grishakova
- Ungrounding fictional worlds: an enactivist perspective on the "worldlikeness" of fiction / Marco Caracciolo
- Postmodern play with worlds: the case of At Swim-Two-Birds / W. Michelle Wang
- Logical contradictions, possible worlds theory, and the embodied mind / Jan Alber
- Escape into alternative worlds and time(s) in Jack London's The Star Rover / Christoph Bartsch
- "As many worlds as original artists": possible worlds theory and the literature of fantasy / Thomas L. Martin
- The best/worst of all possible worlds?: utopia, dystopia, and possible worlds theory / Mattison Schuknecht
- Digital fictionality: possible worlds theory, ontology, and hyperlinks / Alice Bell
- Possible worlds, virtual worlds / Françoise Lavocat
- Rereading Manovich's Algorithm: genre and use in possible world theory / Daniel Punday.