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 outlines the theoretical underpinnings of the possible worlds approach, provides updated methods for analysing fictional narrative, and profiles those methods via the analysis of a range of texts.
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 outlines the theoretical underpinnings of the possible worlds approach, provides updated methods for analysing fictional narrative, and profiles those methods via the analysis of a range of texts.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Alice Bell is a reader in English language and literature at Sheffield Hallam University in England. She is the author of The Possible Worlds of Hypertext Fiction and the coeditor of Analyzing Digital Fiction. Marie-Laure Ryan is an independent scholar and the laureate of the 2017 Wayne Booth Prize for Lifetime Achievement from the International Society for the Study of Narrative. She is the author and editor of numerous books and is the coauthor of Storyworlds across Media: Toward a Media-Conscious Narratology (Nebraska, 2014).
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List of Illustrations List of Tables Introduction: Possible Worlds Theory Revisited Marie-Laure Ryan and Alice Bell Part 1. Theoretical Perspectives of Possible Worlds 1. Porfyry’s Tree for the Concept of Fictional Worlds Lubomír Doleel 2. From Possible Worlds to Storyworlds: On the Worldness of Narrative Representation Marie-Laure Ryan 3. Interface Ontologies: On the Possible, Virtual, and Hypothetical in Fiction Marina Grishakova Part 2. Possible Worlds and Cognition 4. Ungrounding Fictional Worlds: An Enactivist Perspective on the “Worldlikeness” of Fiction Marco Caracciolo 5. Postmodern Play with Worlds: The Case of At Swim-Two-Birds W. Michelle Wang 6. Logical Contradictions, Possible Worlds Theory, and the Embodied Mind Jan Alber Part 3. Possible Worlds and Literary Genres 7. Escape into Alternative Worlds and Time(s) in Jack London’s The Star Rover Christoph Bartsch 8. “As Many Worlds as Original Artists”: Possible Worlds Theory and the Literature of Fantasy Thomas L. Martin 9. The Best/Worst of All Possible Worlds? Utopia, Dystopia, and Possible Worlds Theory Mattison Schuknecht Part 4. Possible Worlds and Digital Media 10. Digital Fictionality: Possible Worlds Theory, Ontology, and Hyperlinks Alice Bell 11. Possible Worlds, Virtual Worlds Françoise Lavocat 12. Rereading Manovich’s Algorithm: Genre and Use in Possible Worlds Theory Daniel Punday Postface Thomas G. Pavel Contributors Index
List of Illustrations List of Tables Introduction: Possible Worlds Theory Revisited Marie-Laure Ryan and Alice Bell Part 1. Theoretical Perspectives of Possible Worlds 1. Porfyry’s Tree for the Concept of Fictional Worlds Lubomír Doleel 2. From Possible Worlds to Storyworlds: On the Worldness of Narrative Representation Marie-Laure Ryan 3. Interface Ontologies: On the Possible, Virtual, and Hypothetical in Fiction Marina Grishakova Part 2. Possible Worlds and Cognition 4. Ungrounding Fictional Worlds: An Enactivist Perspective on the “Worldlikeness” of Fiction Marco Caracciolo 5. Postmodern Play with Worlds: The Case of At Swim-Two-Birds W. Michelle Wang 6. Logical Contradictions, Possible Worlds Theory, and the Embodied Mind Jan Alber Part 3. Possible Worlds and Literary Genres 7. Escape into Alternative Worlds and Time(s) in Jack London’s The Star Rover Christoph Bartsch 8. “As Many Worlds as Original Artists”: Possible Worlds Theory and the Literature of Fantasy Thomas L. Martin 9. The Best/Worst of All Possible Worlds? Utopia, Dystopia, and Possible Worlds Theory Mattison Schuknecht Part 4. Possible Worlds and Digital Media 10. Digital Fictionality: Possible Worlds Theory, Ontology, and Hyperlinks Alice Bell 11. Possible Worlds, Virtual Worlds Françoise Lavocat 12. Rereading Manovich’s Algorithm: Genre and Use in Possible Worlds Theory Daniel Punday Postface Thomas G. Pavel Contributors Index
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