The Modal Structure of Narrative Universes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4375131 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marie-Laure Ryan (0009-0002-2680-9118), Marie‐laure Ryan (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1985 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 717 |
| Publication date | 1985-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Poetics Today (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0333-5372 • E-ISSN: 1527-5507 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1771963 |
| OpenAlex | W2314028742 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 21 |
| References cited | 3 |
The narrative states are specified by a matrix gathering all the relevant state propositions asserted or entailed by the text, and ascribing a truth value to these propositions for every state ti (0 ? i ? n) of the narrative action.' (Which propositions are relevant is determined by the level of abstraction on which the plot is being represented.) The various states of affairs are separated by one or several propositions representing events. By event I mean a perfective process, that is, a process leading to a change of truth
Art · Literature · Modal · Narrative · Narrative structure · Artificial Intelligence in Games · Digital Humanities and Scholarship · Materials Science · Narrative Theory and Analysis
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Playing with Character
Negation in narrative
Real fictions
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Myths of the unknown
Fantrapasy
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Embedded Narratives of Subversion in Luciano Bianciardi's La Vita Agra
The Road Not Taken
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| Unique citing works | 21 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,49 |
| Citation span | 1983 - 2026 (44) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |