β Scribed by Bell, Alice; Ryan, Marie-Laure;; Marie-Laure Ryan
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"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"--;Possible worlds theory revisited / Marie-Laure Ryan and Alice Bell -- Porfyry's tree for the concept of fictional world / LubomΓr 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 / FranΓ§oise Lavocat -- Rereading Manovich's Algorithm: genre and use in possible world theory / Daniel Punday.
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