Possible Worlds Theory and Contemporary Narratology (Frontiers of Narrative)

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Possible Worlds Theory and Contemporary Narratology (Frontiers of Narrative)

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  • 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 354 p.
  • 言語 ENG
  • 商品コード 9780803294998
  • DDC分類 809.38766

Full Description

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.

 

Contents

List of Figures
List of Tables
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Possible Worlds Theory Revisited
Marie-Laure Ryan and Alice Bell
Section I. Possible Worlds - Theoretical Perspectives
1. Porfyry's Tree for the Concept of Fictional World
Lubomír Doležel
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
Section II. 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
Section III. 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
Section IV. 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 World Theory
Daniel Punday
Postface
13. Postface
Thomas Pavel
List of Contributors
Index