In this important contribution to narrative theory, Marie-Laure Ryan applies insights from artificial intelligence and the theory of possible worlds to the study of narrative and fiction. For Ryan, the theory of possible worlds provides a more nuanced way of discussing the commonplace notion of a fictional "world," while artificial intelligence contributes to narratology and the theory of fiction directly via its researches into the congnitive processes of texts and automatic story generation. Although Ryan applies exotic theories to the study of narrative and to fiction, her book...
In this important contribution to narrative theory, Marie-Laure Ryan applies insights from artificial intelligence and the theory of possible world...
The past several decades have seen an explosion of interest in narrative, with this multifaceted object of inquiry becoming a central concern in a wide range of disciplinary fields and research contexts. As accounts of what happened to particular people in particular circumstances and with specific consequences, stories have come to be viewed as a basic human strategy for coming to terms with time, process, and change However, the very predominance of narrative as a focus of interest across multiple disciplines makes it imperative for scholars, teachers, and students to have access to a...
The past several decades have seen an explosion of interest in narrative, with this multifaceted object of inquiry becoming a central concern in a wid...
Narratology has been conceived from its earliest days as a project that transcends disciplines and media. The essays gathered here address the question of how narrative migrates, mutates, and creates meaning as it is expressed across various media.
Dividing the inquiry into five areas: face-to-face narrative, still pictures, moving pictures, music, and digital media, Narrative across Media investigates how the intrinsic properties of the supporting medium shape the form of narrative and affect the narrative experience. Unlike other interdisciplinary approaches to narrative studies,...
Narratology has been conceived from its earliest days as a project that transcends disciplines and media. The essays gathered here address the questio...
Since its inception, narratology has developed primarily as an investigation of literary narrative fiction. Linguists, folklorists, psychologists, and sociologists have expanded the inquiry toward oral storytelling, but narratology remains primarily concerned with language-supported stories. In Avatars of Story, Marie-Laure Ryan moves beyond literary works to examine other media, especially electronic narrative forms. By grappling with semiotic media other than language and technology other than print, she reveals how story, a form of meaning that transcends cultures and media,...
Since its inception, narratology has developed primarily as an investigation of literary narrative fiction. Linguists, folklorists, psychologists, ...
Media convergence offers new opportunities to create and influence media content. This leads to numerous new forms of transmedia storytelling. They are the subject of this volume which contains contributions from experts of literary and cultural studies, of theatre and media studies, of ethnology and journalism.
Media convergence offers new opportunities to create and influence media content. This leads to numerous new forms of transmedia storytelling. They...
The proliferation of media and their ever-increasing role in our daily life has produced a strong sense that understanding media everything from oral storytelling, literary narrative, newspapers, and comics to radio, film, TV, and video games is key to understanding the dynamics of culture and society. Storyworlds across Media explores how media, old and new, give birth to various types of storyworlds and provide different ways of experiencing them, inviting readers to join an ongoing theoretical conversation focused on the question: how can narratology achieve...
The proliferation of media and their ever-increasing role in our daily life has produced a strong sense that understanding media everything from oral ...
