Possible Worlds Theory and Contemporary Narratology
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Possible Worlds Theory and Contemporary Narratology

  1. 372 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Possible Worlds Theory and Contemporary Narratology

About this book

The notion of possible worlds has played a decisive role in postclassical narratology by awakening interest in the nature of fictionality and in emphasizing the notion of world as a source of aesthetic experience in narrative texts. As a theory concerned with the opposition between the actual world that we belong to and possible worlds created by the imagination, possible worlds theory has made significant contributions to narratology. Possible Worlds Theory and Contemporary Narratology updates the field of possible worlds theory and postclassical narratology by developing this theoretical framework further and applying it to a range of contemporary literary narratives. This volume systematically outlines the theoretical underpinnings of the possible worlds approach, provides updated methods for analyzing fictional narrative, and profiles those methods via the analysis of a range of different texts, including contemporary fiction, digital fiction, video games, graphic novels, historical narratives, and dramatic texts. Through the variety of its contributions, including those by three originators of the subject area—Lubomír Doležel, Thomas Pavel, and Marie-Laure Ryan— Possible Worlds Theory and Contemporary Narratology demonstrates the vitality and versatility of one of the most vibrant strands of contemporary narrative theory.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Series Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. List of Illustrations
  8. List of Tables
  9. Introduction
  10. Part 1
  11. 1. Porfyry’s Tree for the Concept of Fictional Worlds
  12. 2. From Possible Worlds to Storyworlds
  13. 3. Interface Ontologies
  14. Part 2
  15. 4. Ungrounding Fictional Worlds
  16. 5. Postmodern Play with Worlds
  17. 6. Logical Contradictions, Possible Worlds Theory, and the Embodied Mind
  18. Part 3
  19. 7. Escape into Alternative Worlds and Time(s) in Jack London’s The Star Rover
  20. 8. “As Many Worlds as Original Artists”
  21. 9. The Best/Worst of All Possible Worlds?
  22. Part 4
  23. 10. Digital Fictionality
  24. 11. Possible Worlds, Virtual Worlds
  25. 12. Rereading Manovich’s Algorithm
  26. Postface
  27. Contributors
  28. Index
  29. About Alice Bell
  30. About Marie-Laure Ryan
  31. Series List