Possible worlds theory and contemporary narratology / edited by Alice Bell and Marie-Laure Ryan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bell, Alice, 1979- editor.

Ryan, Marie-Laure, 1946- editor.

JSTOR (Online Service)

Series:

Frontiers of narrative

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fantasy fiction--History and criticism.

Fantasy fiction.

Narration (Rhetoric).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 341 pages.)

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2019]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Possible worlds theory revisited / Marie-Laure Ryan and Alice Bell

Porfyry's tree for the concept of fictional world / Lubomír 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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781496213075

1496213076

Publisher Number:

40028740784

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.