A new anatomy of storyworlds : what is, what if, as if /

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Author / Creator:	Ryan, Marie-Laure, 1946- author.
Imprint:	Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2022] ©2022
Description:	x, 226 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Theory and interpretation of narrative Theory and interpretation of narrative series.
Subject:	Narration (Rhetoric) Fiction -- History and criticism. Discourse analysis, Narrative. Discourse analysis, Narrative. Fiction. Narration (Rhetoric) Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12777522

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ISBN:	9780814215081 0814215084 9780814282274 081428227X
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-217) and index.
Summary:	"Uses a broad set of works-from Sokal's hoax, to Maus, from Saussure to Barthes, from Kafka to virtual reality-to ground narratology in the concept of world and interrogate key subjects such as narrator, plot, character, fiction, mimesis, and diegesis"--

Table of Contents:

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction Grounding Narratology in the Concept of World
Chapter 1. Truth: Discourse Types and Theories of Truth
Chapter 2. Fiction: The Possible Worlds Approach to Fiction and Its Rival Theories
Chapter 3. Narrator: Decomposing a Theoretical Primitive
Chapter 4. Characters: Textual, Philosophical, and "World" Approaches to Character Ontology
Chapter 5. Plot: Cheap Plot Tricks, Plot Holes, and Narrative Design
Chapter 6. Mimesis and Diegesis: Complementing Each Other
Chapter 7. Parallel Worlds: Physics, Narrative, and the Multiverse
Chapter 8. Impossible Worlds: Dealing with Logical Contradiction
Chapter 9. Virtual Worlds: Narrative and VR Technology
Chapter 10. Transmedia Worlds: Industry Buzzword or New Narrative Experience?
Bibliography
Index

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