Possible Worlds in Literary Theory

Klappentext The philosophical concept of 'possible worlds' used to explain theoretical problems of fictionality and narrativity. Zusammenfassung The concept of possible worlds! originally introduced in philosophical logic! is here used to explain the notion of fictional worlds. Through a comparative reading of the use of possible worlds in philosophy and in literary theory Ruth Ronen proposes a radical rethinking of fictionality in general and fictional narrativity in particular. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Possible worlds, fictional worlds; 2. The possibility of fictional worlds; 3. The fictionality of fictional worlds; 4. Fictional entities, incomplete beings; 5. Fictional events and the intricacies of plot; 6. Focalization and fictional perspective; 7. Fictional time; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Ruth Ronen, Ruth (Tel-Aviv University) Ronen, Ronen Ruth
• Collaboration: Anthony Cascardi (Editeur), Richard Macksey (Editeur)
• Edition: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 26.05.1994
• EAN: 9780521450171
• ISBN: 978-0-521-45017-1
• Pages: 260
• Thèmes: Cambridge Copy Collection; Literature, Culture, Theory
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Littérature générale et comparée; LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, Literary theory, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form