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Temporal paradoxes in narrative
Our intuitive notion of time comprises tour fundamental beliefs: (1) time flows in a fixed direction; (2) you cannot fight this flow and go back in...
Style, 06/22/09 by Marie-Laure Ryan · More from publication -
Cheap plot tricks, plot holes, and narrative design
In narrative, plot exists on two levels: the plotting of the author, who creates the storyline; and the plotting of the characters, who set goals,...
Narrative, 01/01/09 by Marie-Laure Ryan · More from publication -
Semantics, pragmatics, and narrativity: a response to David Rudrum
In his article "From Narrative Representation to Narrative Use: Towards the Limits of Definition," David Rudrum argues that definitions of...
Narrative, 05/01/06 by Marie-Laure Ryan · More from publication -
The Narratorial Functions: Breaking Down a Theoretical Primitive
When Barthes and Foucault opened up the notion of author to examine its inner organs, the operation was generally considered successful (to judge...
Narrative, 05/01/01 by Marie-Laure Ryan · More from publication -
Heterocosmica: Fiction and Possible Worlds - Review
Lubomir Dolezel. Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins UP, 1998. xii + 339 pp. $45.00 hardcover. Lubomir Dolezel. Baltimore and London: The...
Style, 09/22/98 by Marie-Laure Ryan · More from publication -
Universal Grammar and Narrative Form. - book reviews
Two words in the title of David Herman's book signal it as a maverick on the contemporary critical scene: "universal" and "grammar." (This is...
Style, 09/22/96 by Marie-Laure Ryan · More from publication -
Allegories of immersion: virtual narration in postmodern fiction
Developing the optical meaning of the term "virtual" results in a definition of virtual narration as the evocation of a nonactual or temporally...
Style, 06/22/95 by Marie-Laure Ryan · More from publication
