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Coincidence and counterfactuality : plotting time and space in narrative fiction /

"In Coincidence and Counterfactuality, a groundbreaking analysis of plot, Hilary P. Dannenberg sets out to answer the perennial question of how to tell a good story. While plot is among the most integral aspects of storytelling, it is perhaps the least studied aspect of narrative. Using plot th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dannenberg, Hilary P.
Formato: Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2008.
Colección:Frontiers of narrative.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Theorizing time and space in narrative fiction
  • Cognitive plotting : crossing narrative boundaries and connecting worlds
  • Ontological plotting : narrative as a multiplicity of temporal dimensions
  • Spatial plotting : paths, links, and portals
  • Theorizing coincidence and counterfactuality
  • The coincidence plot
  • Counterfactuals and other alternate narrative worlds
  • Coincidence and counterfactuality in the history of narrative fiction
  • The metamorphoses of the coincidence plot
  • The narrative evolution of counterfactuals.