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Possible Worlds Theory and Contemporary Narratology edited by Alice Bell and Marie-Laure Ryan.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Frontiers of narrative.
- Frontiers of narrative
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Narration (Rhetoric).
- Fantasy fiction--History and criticism.
- Fantasy fiction.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (270 pages).
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2019
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2019]
- Summary:
- "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"-- Provided by publisher.
- 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.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781496213075
- 1496213076
- 9781496213051
- 149621305X
- OCLC:
- 1076876302
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