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 maintains a solid basis in literary theory and makes the
formal models developed by AI researchers accessible to the student
of literature. By combining the philosophical background of
possible world theory with models inspired by AI, the book fulfills
a pressing need in narratology for new paradigms and an
interdisciplinary perspective.
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