Overview
The concept of possible worlds, originally introduced in philosophical logic, proves to be a productive tool when borrowed by literary theory to explain the notion of fictional worlds. Ruth Ronen develops a comparative reading of the use of possible worlds in philosophy and in literary theory. She suggests new criteria for the definition of fictionality; and through specific studies of domains within fictional worlds--events, objects, time and point of view--she proposes a radical rethinking of fictionality in general and fictional narrativity in particular.
- | Author: Ruth Ronen
- | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- | Publication Date: May 26, 1994
- | Number of Pages: 260 pages
- | Binding: Paperback or Softback
- | ISBN-10: 0521456487
- | ISBN-13: 9780521456487
